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I wrote a few lines to the Church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, declines to recognize us.

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Therefore, when I come, I shall not forget his conduct in ridiculing us with his wicked tongue. Not content with that, he not only declines to recognize our Brothers himself, but actually prevents those who would, and expels them from the Church.

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I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not care to trust it to pen and ink in a letter.

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