I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.

My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen: