3 John 1:9 - Modern English Version

⁹ I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first among them, did not accept us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to listen to me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Common English Bible

⁹ I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, doesn’t welcome us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ As it happens, I had written to the church. But Diotrephes, who loves to bear the highest rank among them, would not accept us.

3 John 1:9 Tagairtí Cros

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.