3 John 1:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the first among them, does not receive us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to listen to me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Common English Bible

⁹ I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, doesn’t welcome us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ As it happens, I had written to the church. But Diotrephes, who loves to bear the highest rank among them, would not accept us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.

3 John 1:9 Cross References

Matthew 7:8

“For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

Mark 9:34

And they were silent, for on the way they had disputed with one another who was the greatest.

Mark 9:37

Whoever receives one of such little children in My Name receives Me. And whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but the One who sent Me.

Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My Name receives Me. And whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all, he shall be great.”

Romans 12:10

In brotherly love, tenderly loving towards one another, in appreciation, giving preference to each other;

Colossians 1:18

And He is the Head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that He might become the One who is first in all.

2 John 1:9

Everyone who is transgressing and not staying in the teaching of Messiah does not possess Elohim. The one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father and the Son.

3 John 1:8

Therefore we ought to receive such, so that we become fellow workers for the truth.