3 John 1:9

I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.

10Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of Zebedeus children with her sonnes, worshipping him, and desiring a certaine thing of him.

Mark 9:34And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest.

Mark 10:35Then Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus came vnto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest doe for vs that we desire.

Luke 22:24And there arose also a strife among them, which of them should seeme to be ye greatest.

Philippians 2:3That nothing be done through contention or vaine glory, but that in meekenesse of minde euery man esteeme other better then himselfe.

3 John 1:8We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might 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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