What else do we know about Diotrephes in 3 John 1:9?
Aug 24, 2020 · Of Diotrephes, nothing more is known than is here specified. Compare the analysis of the Epistle. If he was an officer in the church - a pastor, a ruling elder, a deacon, a vestry-man, a warden, or a private individual - we have no means of ascertaining.
How can "the truth itself" speak in 3 John 1:12?
Feb 18, 2021 · This can be taken to mean that if the truth could speak, it too would testify that Demetrius’s life was in accord with its own standards. It is possible for a person to miss obtaining human favor and yet to enjoy God’s favor. Even if Diotrephes and his group might disapprove of Demetrius, yet he would be upheld at God’s bar (cf. 1 Cor. 4 ...
Who are the Sheep and the Goats in Matthew 25?
(9) I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. (10) Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out ...
In Revelation 21:8 Did John mean by "all liars" the previously ...
Mar 17, 2020 · He (like Diotrephes) will not receive those brothers…. “strangers”….as he will not practice brotherly love and entertain them and their words and will forbid that his congregation follow after him in his evil works towards those brothers who will be sent by Him to speak to the churches in the Spirit of Truth.
In 2 Thessalonians 2:7 who is holding back the "secret power of ...
Oct 24, 2012 · Like Diotrephes, they will prate against those brothers ( who will speak His words) with malicious words and cast out of the churches any who will receive them. John 14:29-31 KJV (29) And now I have told you before it come to pass, …
Colossians 1:16 New World Translation renders τα πάντα as “all …
Sep 8, 2024 · Even in the Apostle Paul's day, we read that people twisted, perverted, and distorted the scriptures (Galatians 1:7, 2 Peter 3:16, 2 Corinthians 4:2) and even the Apostle John wrote "I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority." - 3 John 1:9 ESV.
gospels - In Luke 17:37 who are taken, who are left behind and …
Oct 22, 2014 · The prince of this world….those who love the preeminence (love to be first) among the churches... will have nothing to do with Him as they will come forth to persecute those who will receive His words and exercise their authority over the …