3 John 1:11 , cannot be reconciled with John 1:18 literal general interpretation

3 John 1:11
This means that unless you are aware of God, there is evil

John 1:18
Often interpreted as a literal, statement, concerning god.

Obviously Jochanan isn't meaning John 1:18 as a literal statement, since he uses the same wording to mean otherwise.

We would default to the non contradictory interpretation, thusly, that John 1:18 isn't a literal general statement, about God.

Disciple of Jesus said:

3 John 1:11
This means that unless you are aware of God, there is evil

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It can also mean " he that does evil has not seen God" as some translation puts it.

Basically, if someone acts wickedly , that one has not got to know God.

Disciple of Jesus said:

3 John 1:11
This means that unless you are aware of God, there is evil

John 1:18
Often interpreted as a literal, statement, concerning god.

Obviously Jochanan isn't meaning John 1:18 as a literal statement, since he uses the same wording to mean otherwise.

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Its useful to consider Matthew 25:31-46 where knowing God is associated with good deeds.

Disciple of Jesus said:

This means that unless you are aware of God, there is evil

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It presents disagreement within the Johannine community.
Do not imitate evil
Gaius should not be influenced by the behavior of Diotrephes.

Disciple of Jesus said:

Often interpreted as a literal, statement, concerning god.

Obviously Jochanan isn't meaning John 1:18 as a literal statement, since he uses the same wording to mean otherwise.

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The only Son, God: while the vast majority of later textual witnesses have another reading, "the Son, the only one" or "the only Son," earliest manuscripts, monogenēs theos, but takes the first term to mean not just "Only One" but to include a filial relationship with the Father, as at Lk9:38 ("only child") or Heb 11:17 ("only son") and as translated at Jn1:14. The Logos is thus "only Son" and God but not Father/God.