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I wrote unto the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first, does not accept what we say and refuses to recognize my authority.
I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to listen to me.
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive our authority.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, doesn’t welcome us.
I wrote something to the congregation; but Diotrephes, who likes to be the macher among them, doesn’t recognize our authority.
I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes likes to be the number-one leader, and he won't pay any attention to us.
I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, the one loving-to-be-first among them, is not accepting us.
I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.
I wrote a letter to the church, but Diotrephes will not listen to what we say. He always wants to be the leader.
I have already written something to the group of believers. But Diotrephes refuses to accept our authority. He really wants to be the only leader among them.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, does not welcome us.
I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be ·their leader [first], will not ·listen to us [receive us; or accept our authority].
I wrote unto the Church, but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
I wrote a letter to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, won’t accept us.
I wrote a short letter to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to be their leader, will not pay any attention to what I say.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.
I wrote a letter to the church. But Diotrephes will not listen to what we say. He always wants to be their leader.
I wrote a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, will not recognize our authority.
I did write a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be head of everything, does not recognise us! If I do come to you, I shall not forget his actions nor the slanderous things he has said against us. And it doesn’t stop there, alas, for although he wants to be leader he refuses the duty of welcoming the brothers himself, and stops those who would like to do so—he even excommunicates them!
¶ I wrote unto the congregation, {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, did not receive us.
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not welcome what we say.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.
I sent a brief letter to the church about this, but proud Diotrephes, who loves to push himself forward as the leader of the Christians there, does not admit my authority over him and refuses to listen to me.
Earlier I wrote something along this line to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves being in charge, denigrates my counsel. If I come, you can be sure I’ll hold him to account for spreading vicious rumors about us. As if that weren’t bad enough, he not only refuses hospitality to traveling Christians but tries to stop others from welcoming them. Worse yet, instead of inviting them in he throws them out.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first among them, did not accept us.
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not acknowledge our authority.
I wrote a letter to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, won’t accept us.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to dominate, does not acknowledge us.
I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.
I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.
I have previously written something to the Church, but Diotrephes, who enjoys being in a position of leadership, refuses to acknowledge our authority.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be their leader, will not listen to us.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.
I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes will not welcome us. He loves to be the first in everything.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.
I wrote a letter to the church. But Diotrephes wants to be the leader and put himself first. He will have nothing to do with us.
I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us.
I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the pre-eminence among them, will not receive us.
I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not welcome us.
I have written something to the assembly. But Diotrephes, who wants to be the most important person there, refuses to acknowledge us.
I wrote something to the kehillah [there]; but Diotrephes, who has fallen in love with being "Rosh of the Kehillah," does not receive us.
I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes (who loves to have the pre-eminence among them) will not receive us.
I have written something to the church; but Diot′rephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
I have written something to the church; but Diot′rephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us.
I wrote some things specifically to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the one up front, rejects us.
I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
My dear brother, do not do the wrong things people do, but do the good things people do. Anyone who does good things belongs to God. Anyone who does wrong things has never seen God.
I had written peradventure to the church, but this Diotrephes, that loveth to bear primacy in them [that loveth for to bear primacy, or chief places, in them], receiveth not us.
I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them -- Diotrephes -- doth not receive us;
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