Diotrephes was a man in one of the early congregations who loved to be first and refused to acknowledge the authority of the apostle John. He rejected the traveling brothers, spread malicious rumors about John, and excluded those who wanted to show hospitality from the congregation.
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Refused to Acknowledge John
Diotrephes loved to have the first place in the congregation and refused to acknowledge the authority of the apostle John and his letter.
10So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing: spreading malicious nonsense about us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he stops those who want to welcome them, and throws them out of the church.
10So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing: spreading malicious nonsense about us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he stops those who want to welcome them, and throws them out of the church.
10So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing: spreading malicious nonsense about us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he stops those who want to welcome them, and throws them out of the church.