⁸ Therefore we ought to ^[a]support such men, so that we may ^[b]be fellow workers ^[c]with the truth.

⁹ I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept ^[d]what we say. ¹⁰ For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.