Christian hospitality
Brothers going out for the sake of the name depend on church-by-church welcome. Gaius receives them; Diotrephes casts them out.
New Testament · Book 64 of 66
3 John
The elder writes to Gaius — fourteen verses on hospitality, welcome, and the problem of Diotrephes who ‘loveth to have the preeminence.’
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Chapter
14
Verses
Gaius
Named recipient
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
- Author
- The apostle John (traditional), again ‘the elder’
- Date
- Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95
- Audience
- Gaius, a beloved member of the Johannine churches
- Position
- New Testament · Book 64 of 66
Structure
Section pages
Each section is one focused part of 3 John — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.
Themes
‘Loveth the preeminence’
(v. 9) — the briefest, bleakest NT portrait of church-political self-promotion.