3 John 9-10

Tree of Life Version

The Lust for Power Condemned

⁹ I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us. ¹⁰ So if I do come, I will call attention to what he is doing—slandering us with wicked words. Not even content with that, he refuses to welcome the brethren, and even forbids those who want to do so—throwing them out of the community!