3 John 1:9

New International Version

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.

Cross References

Luke 9:48

Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”

Mark 9:34

But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

3 John 1:8

We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Mark 9:37

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Colossians 1:18

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

2 John 1:9

Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.