3 John 1:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

I wrote to the congregacion, but Diotriphes, which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them, receaued vs not.

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  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & who so receaueth me, receaueth him yt sent me. 41 He that receaueth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shal receaue a prophetes rewarde. He yt receaueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shal receane a righteous mans rewarde: 42 And who soeuer geueth vnto one of the least of these a cupp of colde water onely to drinke, in ye name of a disciple, verely I saie vnto you: he shal not lose his rewarde.
  • Matt 20:20-28 : 20 Then came vnto him the mother of Zebedes childre with hir sonnes, fell downe before him, and desyred a certayne thinge of hi. 21 And he saide vnto her: What wilt thou? She sayde vnto him: Let these two sonnes of myne syt in thy kyngdome: the one vpon thy right honde, & the other vpon thy left honde. 22 But Iesus answered, and sayde: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, that I shal drynke? & to be baptised with the baptyme, that I shalbe baptysed withall? 23 They sayde vnto him: Yee that we maye. And he sayde vnto them: My cuppe truly shal ye drynke, & with the baptyme yt I shal be baptysed withall, shal ye be baptysed: Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde & on my left, is not myne to geue, but vnto the for who it is prepared of my father. 24 Whan the ten herde that, they disdayned at the two brethren. 25 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye knowe that ye prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of the people, and the greatest exercise power amonge the. 26 It shal not be so amonge you. But whoso euer wyl be greate amonge you, let him be youre mynister: 27 & who soeuer wyl be chefe, let him be youre seruaunt: 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.
  • Matt 23:4-8 : 4 for they saye & do not. For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens, and laye them vpon mens shulders: But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers. 5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes, 6 and loue to syt vppermost at the table, and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges, 7 and loue to be saluted in the market, and to be called of me Rabbi. 8 But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi, for one is youre master, euen Christ, and all ye are brethren.
  • Mark 9:34 : 34 But they helde their tuges: For they had disputed by the waye amonge them selues, who shulde be ye greatest.
  • Mark 10:35-45 : 35 Then wete vnto him Iames and Ihon ye sonnes of Zebede, and sayde: Master, We desyre, that what soeuer we axe of the, thou wilt do it for vs. 36 He sayde vnto the: What desyre ye that I shal do to you? 37 They sayde vnto him: Graunte vs, that we maye syt one at thy right hande, and one at thy left hande in thy glory. 38 But Iesus sayde vnto the: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, yt I shal drynke? and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall? 39 They sayde vnto him: Yee yt we maye. Iesus sayde vnto them: The cuppe that I drynke, shal ye drynke in dede: and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall be baptysed withall. 40 Neuertheles to syt at my right hande and at my left, is not myne to geue you, but vnto them for whom it is prepared. 41 And wha the ten herde that, they disdayned at Iames and Ihon. 42 But Iesus called them, and sayde vnto them: Ye knowe that the prynces of ye worlde haue domynacion of the people, and ye mightie exercise auctorite amonge them. 43 So shal it not be amonge you: but who so euer wil be greate amoge you, shal be youre mynister: 44 and who so wyl be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of all. 45 For the sonne of man also came not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redempcion for many.
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 and sayde vnto them? Whosoeuer receaueth this childe in my name, receaueth me: and who so euer receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me. But who so is leest amoge you all, ye same shal be greate.
  • Luke 22:24-27 : 24 There rose a strife also amoge the, which of them shulde be take for the greatest. 25 But he sayde vnto them: The kynges of ye worlde haue domynion ouer ye people, and they that beare rule ouer the, are called gracious lordes. 26 But ye shal not be so: But the greatest amonge you, shalbe as the yongest: and the chefest, as a seruaunt. 27 For which is the greatest? he that sytteth at the table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sytteth at the table? But I am amoge you as a mynister.
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kynde one to another with brotherly loue. In geuynge honoure go one before another.
  • Titus 1:7-9 : 7 For a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not wylfull, not angrye, not geuen vnto moch wyne, no fyghter, not gredye of filthye lucre: 8 but harbarous, one that loueth goodnes, sober mynded, righteous, holy, temperate, 9 and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne: that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge, & to improue them that saye agaynst it. 10 For there are many dishobedient, and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes: namely they of the circucision, 11 whose mouthes must be stopped: which peruerte whole houses, teachinge thinges which they oughte not, because of filthye lucre. 12 One of them selues euen their awne prophet, sayde: The Cretayns are alwayes lyars, euell beestes, and slowe belies. 13 This witnesse is true. Wherfore rebuke them sharply, yt they maye be sounde in the faith, 14 and not to take hede vnto Iewes fables and commaundementes of men, which turne them awaye from the trueth. 15 Vnto ye cleane are all thinges cleane: but. to the vncleane & vnbeleuers, there is nothinge cleane, but both their mynde & conscience is defyled. 16 They saye that they knowe God, but with the dedes they denye him: for so moch as they are abhominable and dishobedient, and vnmete to all good workes.
  • 3 John 1:8 : 8 We therfore oughte to receaue soch, that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth.
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe: 4 and let euery ma loke not for his awne profet, but for the profet of other. 5 Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu:
  • Mark 9:37 : 37 Who so euer receaueth soch a childe in my name, receaueth me: and who so euer receaueth me, receaueth not me, but him that hath sent me.

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  • 89%

    10 Wherfore, yf I come, I wil declare his dedes which he doeth, ieastinge vpo vs with malicious wordes: nether is he therwith cotent. Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethre, but also he forbyddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.

    11 My beloued, folowe not yt which is euell, but that which is good. He that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euell, seyth not God.

    12 Demetrius hath good reporte of all men, and of the trueth: yee and we oure selues also beare recorde, and ye knowe that oure recorde is true.

    13 I had many thinges to wryte, but I wolde not with ynke, and pen wryte vnto the.

  • 3 John 1:5-8
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    5 My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,

    6 which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion: and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney, worthely before God.

    7 For because of his names sake they wente forth, and toke nothinge of the Heythen.

    8 We therfore oughte to receaue soch, that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth.

  • 3 John 1:1-3
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    1 The Elder. To the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.

    2 My beloued, I wysshe in all thinges, that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth.

    3 I reioysed greatly, whan the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in ye, how thou walkest in the trueth.

  • 71%

    7 For many disceauers are come in to the worlde, which confesse not yt Iesus Christ is come in the flesh: this is a disceauer and an Antechrist.

    8 Take hede to youre selues, that we lose not that which we haue wrought, but that we maye receaue a full rewarde.

    9 Whoso euer transgresseth, and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ, hath not God: he that abydeth in ye doctryne of Christ, hath both the father and the sonne.

    10 Yf eny man come vnto you, and brynge not this doctryne, receaue him not in to the house, nether salute him:

    11 for he that saluteth him, is partaker of his euell dedes.

    12 I had many thinges to wryte vnto you: neuertheles I wolde not wryte wt papyre and ynke, but I trust to come vnto you, and to speake with you mouth mouth, that oure ioye maye be full.

  • 1 The Elder. To ye electe lady and hir childre whom I loue in the trueth: & not I onely, but all they also that haue knowne the trueth,

  • 1 Of the handreachinge vnto ye sayntes, it is no nede for me to wryte vnto you:

  • 9 Make spede to come vnto me atonce.

  • 17 But ye beloued, remeber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ,

  • 2 Vnderstode vs right. We haue hurte no ma, we haue corrupte no man, we haue defrauded no man.

  • 3 As I besoughte ye to abyde still at Ephesus ( whan I departed in to Macedonia) eue so do, that thou commaunde some, that they teach none other wyse,

  • 9 I wrote vnto you in the Epistle, that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremogers,

  • 4 For there are certayne craftely crept in, of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement. They are vngodly, and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantanes, and denye God the onely LORDE, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

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    14 But yf eny man obey not oure sayenges, sende vs worde of him by a letter, and haue nothinge to do with him, yt he maye be ashamed.

    15 Yet counte him not as an enemye, but warne him as a brother.

  • 8 Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the,

  • 6 But we requyre you brethren, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe youre selues from euery brother that walketh inordinatly, and not after the institucion which he receaued of vs.

  • 9 Not but that we had auctorite, but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 15 Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him:

  • 10 but specially them that walke after the flesh in ye lust of vnclennes, and despyse the rulers: beynge presumptuous, stubborne, and feare not to speake euell of the yt are in auctorite

  • 2 John 1:3-5
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    3 Grace, mercy, and peace be with you fro the LORDE Iesus Christ ye sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue.

    4 I am greatly reioysed, that I haue founde amonge thy children, them that walke in ye trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father.

    5 And now lady I beseke the (not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the, but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge) that we loue one another.

  • 14 These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the:

  • 4 and prayed vs with greate instauce, that we wolde receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes:

  • 9 For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also, that I mighte knowe the profe of you, whether ye were obediet in all thinges.

  • 9 I Ihon youre brother and copanyon in tribulacion, and in the kyngdome and paciece which is in Iesu Christe, was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of God, and for ye witnessynge of Iesu Christe.

  • 19 Not onely that, but he is chosen also of the congregacions, to be a felowe with vs in oure iourney, for this benyuolence that is mynistred by vs vnto the prayse of the LORDE, and to stere vp youre prompte mynde,

  • 5 (for so moch as I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast on the LORDE Iesu, and towarde all sayntes)

  • 15 Salute the brethre, which are at Laodicea, and salute Nymphas, and the cogregacion which is in his house.

  • 11 For we heare saye, that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly, and worke not at all, but are busy bodies.

  • 16 For we folowed not deceaueable fables, whan we declared vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ: but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie,

  • 15 Some (no doute) preach Christ of enuye and stryfe, but some of good wil.

  • 7 He must also haue a good reporte of them which are without, lest he fall in to the rebuke and snare of the euell speaker.

  • 5 Wherfore I thoughte it necessary to exhorte the brethren, to come before hande vnto you, for to prepare this blessynge promysed afore, that it mighte be ready, so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge.

  • 29 Receaue him therfore in the LORDE with all gladnes, and make moch of soche:

  • 6 nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,

  • 49 Then answered Iho, and sayde: Master, we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name, and we forbad him, for he folowed the not with vs.