3 John 1:9

The Scriptures 1998

I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the first among them, does not receive us.

Cross References

Matthew 7:8

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

Mark 9:34

And they were silent, for on the way they had disputed with one another who was the greatest.

Mark 9:37

“Whoever receives one of such little children in My Name receives Me. And whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but the One who sent Me.”

Luke 9:48

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

Romans 12:10

In brotherly love, tenderly loving towards one another, in appreciation, giving preference to each other;

Colossians 1:18

And He is the Head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that He might become the One who is first in all.

2 John 1:9

Everyone who is transgressing and not staying in the teaching of Messiah does not possess Elohim. The one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father and the Son.

3 John 1:8

Therefore we ought to receive such, so that we become fellow workers for the truth.