3 John 1:9
“I wrote vnto the Church, but Diotrephes, who loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.”
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3 John 1:9 Context
7Because that for his Names sake they went foorth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 8We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be fellow helpers to the trueth. 9I wrote vnto the Church, but Diotrephes, who loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not. 10Wherefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against vs with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth hee himselfe receiue the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the Church. 11Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good. He that doth good, is of God: but hee that doth euill, hath not seene God.
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I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
- King James Version
I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.
- New American Standard Version (1995)