3 John 1:9
I would have written to the church; but he who loveth to be foremost of you, Diotrapas, receiveth us not.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be helpers of the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zabdai, she and her sons, and worshipped him, and supplicated a certain thing of him.
Mark 9:34But they were silent: for they had contended in the way one with another, who should be greatest among them.
Mark 10:35AND Jacub and Juchanon, sons of Zabdai, approached him, saying to him, Malphona, we would that whatever we ask thou wilt do for us.
Luke 22:24But there was also a contention among them, who of them was the greatest.
Philippians 2:3And do nothing in contention or vainglorying, but in meekness of mind let a man consider his neighbour as better than himself.
3 John 1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be helpers of the truth.
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 →