3 John 1:10 meaning and explanation

So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

3 John 1:10, Berean Standard Bible

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The elder, likely the apostle John, writes to Gaius about Diotrephes, a leader in a local church who loves to be first. Diotrephes has spread malicious slander against the elder and refuses to welcome the traveling brothers, missionaries sent out for the Name.

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