Now an idea entered into them, as to which of them was greater.
loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor:
For I say, through the grace that has been given to me, to all who are among you: Taste no more than it is necessary to taste, but taste unto sobriety and just as God has distributed a share of the faith to each one.
And do everything without murmuring or hesitation.
Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.
As it happens, I had written to the church. But Diotrephes, who loves to bear the highest rank among them, would not accept us.