[1:9] I wrote a short letter to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to be their leader, will not pay any attention to what I say.
[1:10] When I come, then, I will bring up everything he has done: the terrible things he says about us and the lies he tells! But that is not enough for him; he will not receive the Christians when they come, and even stops those who want to receive them and tries to drive them out of the church!
[1:11] My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.
[1:12] Everyone speaks well of Demetrius; truth itself speaks well of him. And we add our testimony, and you know that what we say is true.