New Testament · SCRIPTURE
3 John 1:9
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I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
BSB text & permissions
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
KJV text & permissions
I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
ASV text & permissions
I did write something to the church; but the [one] loving to be first among them, Diotrephes, does not welcome us.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
3 John 1
7 For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
9 I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
10 So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
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