I wrote to the church — Probably that to which they came. But Diotrephes — Perhaps the pastor of it. Who loveth to have the preeminence among them — To govern all things according to his own will. Receiveth us not — Neither them nor me. So did the mystery of iniquity already work!
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3 John 1:9
9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.