Verse 9
I wrote vnto the Churche: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among the, receaueth vs not.
Referenced Verses
- Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me. 41 He that receaueth a prophete, in the name of a prophete, shall receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde. 42 And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones, to drynke, a cuppe of colde water only, in the name of a disciple, veryly I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.
- Matt 20:20-28 : 20 Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren, with her sonnes, worshyppyng hym, and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym. 21 And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome. 22 But Iesus aunswered, and saide: Ye wote not what ye aske. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of? and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto hym: we are able. 23 He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father. 24 And when the ten hearde this, they disdayned at the two brethren. 25 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them. 26 It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister: 27 And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt. 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.
- Matt 23:4-8 : 4 Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers. 5 All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes. 6 And loue the vppermost seates at feastes, and to syt in the chiefe place in councels, 7 And greetynges in the markettes, and to be called of men, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, euen Christe, and all ye are brethren.
- Mark 9:34 : 34 And they helde their peace: For by the way, they had reasoned among them selues, who shoulde be the chiefest.
- Mark 10:35-45 : 35 And Iames and Iohn, the sonnes of Zebedee, came vnto hym, saying: Maister, we would that thou shouldest do for vs, whatsoeuer we desyre. 36 He sayde vnto them: What woulde ye, that I shoulde do for you? 37 They sayde vnto hym: graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one on thy ryght hande, and the other on thy left hande, in thy glory. 38 But Iesus sayde vnto them, Ye wote not what ye aske: Can ye drynke of the cuppe that I drynke of? and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? 39 And they sayde vnto hym: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: ye shall in deede drynke of the cup that I drynke of, and with the baptisme that I am baptized withall, shall ye be baptized: 40 But to syt on my ryght hande, and on my left hande, is not myne to geue, but vnto them, for whom it is prepared. 41 And when the ten hearde it, they began to disdaine at Iames and Iohn. 42 But Iesus, when he had called them to hym, sayde vnto them: ye knowe, that they which seeme to beare rule among the Gentiles, raigne as Lordes ouer them: And they that be great among them, exercise aucthoritie vpon them. 43 Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister: 44 And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all. 45 For the sonne of man also came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister, & to geue his lyfe, a raunsome for many.
- Luke 9:48 : 48 And sayde vnto them: Whosoeuer receaueth this chylde in my name, receaueth me: And whosoeuer receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shalbe great.
- Luke 22:24-27 : 24 And there was a stryfe among the, which of them shoulde seeme to be the greatest. 25 And he saide vnto them: The kinges of nations raigne ouer them, and they that haue aucthoritie vpo them, are called gracious Lordes. 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister. 27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.
- Rom 12:10 : 10 Affectioned one to another with brotherly loue, in geuyng honour, go one before another.
- Titus 1:7-9 : 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre: 8 But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate, 9 Holdyng fast the faythfull worde, which is accordyng to doctrine, that he may be able both to exhort in wholsome doctrine, and to improue them that say agaynst it. 10 For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they that are of ye circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake. 12 One of them selues euen a prophete of their owne, sayde: The Crettans are alwayes lyers, euyll beastes, slowe bellyes. 13 This witnesse is true: wherfore rebuke them sharpely that they may be founde in the fayth, 14 Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth. 15 Unto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, is nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled. 16 They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
- 3 John 1:8 : 8 We therfore ought to receaue such, that we myght be helpers to the trueth.
- Phil 2:3-5 : 3 Let nothyng be done through stryfe or vayne glorie, but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one ye other better then hym selfe. 4 Loke not euery man on his owne thynges, but euery man also on the thynges of others. 5 Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus:
- Mark 9:37 : 37 Whosoeuer receaueth any such a young chylde in my name, receaueth me: And whosoeuer receaueth me, receaueth not me, but hym that sent me.