3. Some believers came to me and told me that you are faithful to the truth. They told me that you continue to live by it. That gave me great joy.
4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living by the truth.
5. Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the believers. You are faithful even though they are strangers to you.
6. They have told the church about your love. Please help them by sending them on their way in a manner that honors God.
7. They started on their journey to serve Jesus Christ. They didn't receive any help from those who aren't believers.
8. So we should welcome people like them. We should work together with them for the truth.
9. I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes won't have anything to do with us. He loves to be the first in everything.
10. So if I come, I will point out what he is doing. He is saying evil things about us to others. Even that doesn't satisfy him. He refuses to welcome other believers. He also keeps others from welcoming them. In fact, he throws them out of the church.