3 John 1:9

Modern English Version

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first among them, did not accept us.

Cross References

Matthew 7:8

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

Mark 9:34

But they kept silent, for on the way they had disputed among themselves who was the greatest.

Mark 9:37

“Whoever receives one of these children in My name receives Me. And whoever receives Me receives not Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Luke 9:48

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

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honor,

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence.

2 John 1:9

Whoever transgresses and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

3 John 1:8

Therefore we ought to receive such men, that we might be fellow workers for the truth.