Thereforewe oughtto supportsuch men,sothat we may be fellow workerswith the truth.
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.
[as do] Mark,Aristarchus,Demas,Luke,my fellow workers.
and to Apphiaour sister,and to Archippusour fellow soldier,and to the churchin your house:
and we sentTimothy,our brotherand God'sfellow workerin the gospelof Christ,to strengthenand encourageyou as to your faith,
and [also] Jesuswho is calledJustus;theseare the onlyfellow workersfor the kingdomof Godwho are from the circumcision,and they have provedto be an encouragementto me.
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.
As for Titus,[he is] my partnerand fellow workeramongyou; as for our brethren,[they are] messengersof the churches,a gloryto Christ.
And working together[with Him], we alsourgeyou not to receivethe graceof Godin vain--
and from insidehe answersand says,'Do not botherme; the doorhas alreadybeen shutand my childrenand I are in bed;I cannotgetup and giveyou [anything].'
"He who receivesyou receivesMe, and he who receivesMe receivesHim who sentMe.
"Whoeverdoes not receiveyou, norheedyour words,as you goout of that houseorthat city,shakethe dustoffyour feet.
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.
Whowill standup for me againstevildoers?Whowill takehis standfor me againstthose who dowickedness?
