^18 [a]With every ^(A)prayer and request, ^[b](B)pray at all times ^(C)in the Spirit, and with this in view, ^[c](D)be alert with all ^(E)perseverance and every ^(F)request for all the ^[d]saints,

Greetings and Love Expressed

16 I ^(A)recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a ^[a]servant of the church which is at ^(B)Cenchrea,

² that you ^(A)receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the ^[a](B)saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, ^[b]and of myself as well.

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

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