A dispute arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.
I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me.
never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,
In all that you do, avoid grumbling and disputing,
Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;
In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.