3 John 9

1995 I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say. (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

(BBE)
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us. (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
I wrote unto the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have preeminence among them, receiveth us not. (21st Century King James Version)
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, doesn’t welcome us. (Common English Bible)
I wrote a letter to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, won’t accept us. (GOD’S WORD Translation)
I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes likes to be the number-one leader, and he won’t pay any attention to us. (Contemporary English Version)
I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us. (New Living Translation)
I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to listen to me. (Amplified Bible)
9-10 Earlier I wrote something along this line to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves being in charge, denigrates my counsel. If I come, you can be sure I’ll hold him to account for spreading vicious rumors about us. As if that weren’t bad enough, he not only refuses hospitality to traveling Christians but tries to stop others from welcoming them. Worse yet, instead of inviting them in he throws them out. (The Message)
I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes won’t have anything to do with us. He loves to be the first in everything. (New International Reader's Version)
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

كتبت الى الكنيسة ولكن ديوتريفس الذي يحب ان يكون الاول بينهم لا يقبلنا. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

(Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Scribatu diarocát Eliçari: baina hayén artean lehen içan aiher denac, Diotrephesec ezguiaitic recebitzen.

Bulgarian

1940 Писах няколко думи до църквата; но Диотреф, който обича да първенствува между тях, не ни приема. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 我曾略略的写信给教会，但那在教会中好为首的丢特腓不接待我们。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 我曾略略的寫信給教會，但那在教會中好為首的丟特腓不接待我們。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

¶ J'ai écrit quelque chose à l'assemblée; mais Diotrèphe, qui aime à être le premier parmi eux, ne nous reçoit pas; (French Darby)

1744 J'ai écrit à l'Eglise; mais Diotrèphes, qui aime d'être le premier entre eux, ne nous reçoit point. (Martin 1744)

1744 (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 (Luther 1545)

1871 (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Ich habe der Gemeinde geschrieben, aber Diotrephes, der unter ihnen hochgehalten sein will, nimmt uns nicht an. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 IO ho scritto alla chiesa; ma Diotrefe, il qual procaccia il primato fra loro, non ci riceve. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Ho scritto qualcosa alla chiesa; ma Diotrefe che cerca d’avere il primato fra loro, non ci riceve. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

scripsissem forsitan ecclesiae sed is qui amat primatum gerere in eis Diotrepes non recipit nos Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Am scris ceva Bisericii, dar Diotref, căruia îi place să aibă întîietatea între ei, nu vrea să ştie de noi. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Я писал церкви; но любящий первенствовать у них Диотреф не принимает нас. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Yo he escrito á la iglesia: mas Diótrefes, que ama tener el primado entre ellos, no nos recibe. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Jag har skrivit till församlingen, men Diotrefes, som önskar att vara den främste bland dem, vill icke göra något för oss. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Ako'y sumulat ng ilang bagay sa iglesia: datapuwa't si Diotrefes na nagiibig magkaroon ng kataasan sa kanila, ay hindi kami tinatanggap. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Tôi đã viết mấy chữ cho Hội thánh rồi, nhưng Ði-ô-trép là kẻ ưng đứng đầu Hội thánh không muốn tiếp rước chúng ta. (VIET)

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