9 I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
3 John 1:9
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1 Timothy 1:2–4
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Titus 3:9–11
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3 John 1:12–14
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2 Thessalonians 3:13–15
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1 John 2:25–27
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Philemon 1:7–9
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1 Corinthians 1:10–12
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