3 John 1:9 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁹ I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.

3 John 1:9 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 7:8

For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Mark 9:34

But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.

Mark 9:37

“Whoever receives one such child 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 is the one who is great.”

Romans 12:10

love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.

2 John 1:9

Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.

3 John 1:8

So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.