3 John 1:9

I wrote vnto the congregacion: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence amonge them receaveth vs not.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

In Context

8We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth.

10Wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth iestinge on vs with malicious wordes nether is therewith content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethren: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:20Then came to hym the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshippynge him and desyringe a certayne thinge of him.

Mark 9:34And they helde their peace: for by the waye they reasoned amonge the selves who shuld be the chefest.

Mark 10:35And then Iames and Iohn the sonnes of zebede came vnto him sayinge: master we wolde that thou shuldest do for vs what soever we desyre.

Luke 22:24And ther was a stryfe amonge the which of them shuld be taken for the greatest.

Philippians 2:3that nothinge be done thorow stryfe or vayne glory but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe

3 John 1:8We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth.

Matthew Henry on 3 John 1:4-9

The Character of Gaius. ( a. d. 90.) 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 7 Because that for his name's sake they went… Read the whole commentary →

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