⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants^[a] and eats and drinks with ^(A)drunkards,

⁶ And I saw the woman, drunk ^(A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of ^(B)the martyrs of Jesus.^[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

A Tree and Its Fruit

^15 (A)“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ^(B)ravenous wolves.

⁷ Also it was allowed ^(A)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.^[a] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

¹² These are hidden reefs^{[a] (A)}at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^(B)shepherds feeding themselves; ^(C)waterless clouds, ^(D)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, ^(E)uprooted;

⁹ I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. ¹⁰ So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

¹³ suffering wrong as ^(A)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^(B)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,^[a] while ^(C)they feast with you. ¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery,^{[b] (D)}insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^(E)trained in greed. ^(F)Accursed children!