“Beloved one, be an imitator, not of what is bad, but of what is good. He that does good originates with God. He that does bad has not seen God.

—3 John 11, 12.

19. ‘Imitating what is good’ calls for what?

¹⁹ Gaius was being admonished to ‘imitate not what is bad but what is good.’ The pursuit of goodness calls for hating what is wicked and actively clinging to what is good. (Psalm 97:10; Romans 12:9) And how important this is, for “he that does good originates with God”!​—1 John 3:4-12.

20. On earth, how do Jehovah’s worshipers ‘see’ him?

²⁰ Making an impressive point, the apostle added: “He that does bad has not seen God.”