3 John 1:9 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁹ I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first, does not acknowledge 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.

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

Mark 9:34

But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was greater.

Mark 9:37

“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me, but him who sent me.”

Luke 9:48

Then he 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 will be great.”

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Take the lead in honoring one another.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in everything he may be preeminent.

2 John 1:9

Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

3 John 1:8

Therefore we ought to receive men like them, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.