 | Robert Jenkin - 1708 - 606 pages
...Brethren of that Apoftles Communion ; and that he did this, St. John Jiimfelf intimate?, when he fays, / wrote unto the Church , but Diotrephes , who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth ut not, Joh. Epift. iii. 9. that is, he receiv'd not St.>)Ws Epiftle, for that would have been to receive... | |
 | 1737 - 468 pages
...Gentile Chriftians ; that denies all Entertainment to the Mini/ten fent by us, to your Church, and 10 Wherefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating againft us with malicious words : and not content therewith ; neither doth he himft'f receive the brethren,... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 416 pages
...iii. 21, 1 8. That it hinders men from performing the Duty of Chriftian Charity, one towards another ; Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, 3 Joh. 9. Laftly, that in the execution of the Offices of Chriftian Authority, it turns men from a... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1751 - 424 pages
...in his third epiftle : I wrote unto the church. But Diotrepbes, who faveth to have the pre-eminence, receiveth us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds -which he does, prating againft us with malicious words. Thefe, and other caufes there are of the offenfes of... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...the life of ourfelves b and others c, by reufting all thoughts and purpofes d, fubduing all paffions church : but Diotrephes. who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. Luke xxii. 24. And there was alfo a ftrife a mong them, which of them (hould be accounted the greateft.... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 554 pages
...truth." Ver. 9. I wrote to the church. Or I fiould have writ to the church, and therein to Diotrephes. But Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. " I know, he would not pay a regard to my directions." Ver. J 0. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 484 pages
...every one from his place, even all rt!e illes of the heathen. — 3 John, ver. 9. " I wrote uifw^he church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not." And if it lead men. to a6\ the part of lords over mens conferences. (7.) If it fliun the light. John... | |
 | 310 pages
...the Apostle John, writing to Gaius, says — " I wrote unto the Church : but Diotrephes, who lovcth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us...malicious words, and not content therewith, neither doth ho himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth out of the Church !" (3... | |
 | Johann David Michaelis - 1802 - 566 pages
...third Epiftle is to recommend certain travellers to the hofpitality of Caius : and he fays, ver, 9. ' I wrote unto the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth...have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.' Hence it appears that St. John, before he wrote to Caius, had • already fent a letter of recommendation... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...Gentiles. 8 We, therefore, ought to receive such, that we might be fellow-helpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church : but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, therewith ; neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth... | |
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I wrote unto the church : but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words : and not content therewith, neither doth... 
