...for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ h. Diotrephes, who loveth the pre-eminence, receiveth us not ; wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doth, prating against us with malicious words ; and not content therewith, neither doth he himself...

...him Godspeed ; for he that biddeth him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds." (2 John 10, 1 1.) " Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. Wherefore, when I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, parting against us with malicious words : neither...

...tradition which he received of us. 2 Thess. iii. 6. Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence, receiveth us not. Wherefore if I come, I will remember...neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forhiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 3 John 10. Let all things be done decently,...

...boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. 3 John 10. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us wii.k malicious words : and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and...

...John's third epistle, written to his Gaius, (v. 9,) " I wrote unto the church," to wit, of Asia, " but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not." Clearly this ^eudoaTroirro^ would have been a bishop. It was a matter of ambition, a quarrel for superintendence...

...receive such; that we may be fellowlabourers for the truth. 9 I WOULD have written to the church : but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if 1 come, I will call to remembrance his deeds which he doth, tattling against us with...

...slighted by Diotrephes,who set up against him. " I wrote unto the Church," says that divine man, " but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence " among them, receiveth us notb." Diotrephes was a Christian, and probably a Christian priest too, and thought himself considerable...

...&c. whom if thou bring forward, &c. we therefore ought to receive such, &c. I wrote unto the church ; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, &c. and forbiddeth them that would, Sec.— 3 John 3. 6. 8 .VO. SIXTHLY. Of the Order of the Churches...

...therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow-helpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church : but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious...

...&c. whom if thou bring forward, &c. we therefore ought to receive such, &c. I wrote unto the church ; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, &c. and forbiddeth them that would, &C.—3 John 3. 6. 8 .'0. SIXTHLY. Of the Order of the Churches...