Thereforewe oughtto supportsuch men,sothat we may be fellow workerswith the truth.
Whowill standup for me againstevildoers?Whowill takehis standfor me againstthose who dowickedness?
"Whoeverdoes not receiveyou, norheedyour words,as you goout of that houseorthat city,shakethe dustoffyour feet.
"He who receivesyou receivesMe, and he who receivesMe receivesHim who sentMe.
and from insidehe answersand says,'Do not botherme; the doorhas alreadybeen shutand my childrenand I are in bed;I cannotgetup and giveyou [anything].'
And working together[with Him], we alsourgeyou not to receivethe graceof Godin vain--
As for Titus,[he is] my partnerand fellow workeramongyou; as for our brethren,[they are] messengersof the churches,a gloryto Christ.
Indeed,true companion,I askyou alsoto helpthesewomenwhohave shared my strugglein [the cause of] the gospel,togetherwith Clementalsoand the restof my fellow workers,whosenamesare in the bookof life.
and [also] Jesuswho is calledJustus;theseare the onlyfellow workersfor the kingdomof Godwho are from the circumcision,and they have provedto be an encouragementto me.
and we sentTimothy,our brotherand God'sfellow workerin the gospelof Christ,to strengthenand encourageyou as to your faith,
and to Apphiaour sister,and to Archippusour fellow soldier,and to the churchin your house:
[as do] Mark,Aristarchus,Demas,Luke,my fellow workers.
For thisreason,ifI come,I will call attentionto his deedswhichhe does,unjustly accusingus with wickedwords;and not satisfiedwith this,he himselfdoes not receivethe brethren,either,and he forbidsthosewho desire[to do so] and puts[them] out of the church.
For they wentout for the sakeof the Name,acceptingnothingfrom the Gentiles.
I wrotesomethingto the church;but Diotrephes,who loves to be firstamong them, does not acceptwhat we say.
