3 John 9-11

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Criticism of Diotrephes

⁹ I wrote a letter^[a] to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, will not recognize our authority.^{[b] 10} For this reason, when I come I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with that, he refuses to receive the brothers. He even tries to stop those who want to accept them^[c] and throws them out of the church.

Praise for Demetrius

¹¹ Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.