3 John 1:10
For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts [them] out of the assembly.
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Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from them], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
John 9:34They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.
2 Corinthians 10:1But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;
3 John 1:5Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,
Matthew Henry on 3 John 1:10-12
The Character of Diotrephes. ( a. d. 90.) 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil… Read the whole commentary →