⁹ I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be their leader, will not listen to us. ¹⁰ So if I come, I will talk about what Diotrephes is doing, about how he lies and says evil things about us. But more than that, he refuses to accept the other brothers and sisters; he even stops those who do want to accept them and puts them out of the church.

¹¹ My dear friend, do not follow what is bad; follow what is good. The one who does good belongs to God. But the one who does evil has never known God.