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3 John 1:9

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

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  1. 3 John 1:7

    Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

  2. 3 John 1:8

    We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

  3. 3 John 1:10

    Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

  4. 3 John 1:11

    Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.