9 I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, doesn't welcome us.
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I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
10 Because of this, if I come, I will bring up what he has done—making unjustified and wicked accusations against us. And as if that were not enough, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers and sisters but stops those who want to do so and even throws them out of the church!
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So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.