...himself. " I wrote unto the church," or, I would have written — says John to the beloved Gaius — " but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not."* Clement, " the almost apostle," confirms the belief, that the apostles anticipated the workings of...

...man called Diotrephes, of whom St. John (in his third Epistle) .says — " I wrote unto the Church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence .among them, receiveth us not." Here also was a member of the baptized, who, through the love of pre-eminence, resisted the lawful...

...unto the church : but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which...neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forto constancy. biddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not...

...&c. whom if thou bring forward, &c. we therefore ought to receive sucb, &c. I wrote unto the church ; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, &c. and forbiddeth them that would, &c.— 3 John 3. 6. 8. 10. SIXTHLY. Of the Order of the Churches...

...Epistle, presided Diotrephes ; and of him and his conduct, the Apostle says, — " I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not . . . and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them...

...Epistle, presided Diotrephes; and of him and his conduct, the Apostle says, — " I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not . . . and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them...

...one of the persons aimed at by St. John, in his 3rd Epistle, when he says, " I wrote unto the Church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not." It appears also (v. 10) that this false Apostle took upon him to exercise jurisdiction and excommunication....

...possess the supreme rule in a Church, must necessarily be infallible, or incapable of injustice. " Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not : . . . . Neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth...

...submit themselves — teachers, as well as taught — in Christian assemblies. But he adds, that " Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not." Is there here any likeness to the man in the church who loves to be called, and to be submitted to...

...slighted by Diotrephes, who set up against him. " I wrote unto the Church," says that divine man, " but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence " among them, receiveth us notb." Diotrephes was a Christian, and probably a Christian priest too, and thought himself considerable...