"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --

There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.

About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.

he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,

But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.

What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?

Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?

I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.

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Summary

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.
he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.

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"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --
About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.
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