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.
11. Dear friend, don't be like those who do evil. Be like those who do good. Anyone who does what is good belongs to God. Anyone who does what is evil hasn't really seen or known God.
12. Everyone says good things about Demetrius. He lives in keeping with the truth. We also say good things about him. And you know that our witness is true.
13. I have a lot to write to you. But I don't want to write with pen and ink.