3Jo 9 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 3John 1:9-12: 1:9-12 In these verses, John condemns Diotrephes and presents Demetrius as the model of a faithful Christian who lives according to the truth. Gaius is urged to emulate Demetrius. 1:9 I wrote to the church about this: This could refer to 1 John or to a letter that is now lost. • Diotrephes was full of pride and self-importance (cp. 1 Tim 3:6 ), motivated by selfish ambition. • refuses to have anything to do with us: This dissidence was one of the key issues John dealt with in 1 John (see, e.g., 1 Jn 2:19 ; 4:5-6 ). Diotrephes rejected the teachers sent by John and excommunicated any members of the church who did accept them. He wanted to rule the local church without answering to any outside authority.

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Summary for 3John 1:9-12: 1:9-12 ^a In these verses, John condemns Diotrephes and presents Demetrius as the model of a faithful Christian who lives according to the truth. Gaius is urged to emulate Demetrius. 1:9 ^b I wrote to the church about this: This could refer to 1 John or to a letter that is now lost.

• Diotrephes was full of pride and self-importance (cp. 1 Tim 3:6 ^c), motivated by selfish ambition.

• refuses to have anything to do with us: This dissidence was one of the key issues John dealt with in 1 John (see, e.g., 1 Jn 2:19 ^d; 4:5-6 ^e). Diotrephes rejected the teachers sent by John and excommunicated any members of the church who did accept them. He wanted to rule the local church without answering to any outside authority.