6. These believers have told the congregation about your love. You will do well to support them on their trip in a way that proves you belong to God.
7. After all, they went on their trip to serve the one named Christ, and they didn’t accept any help from the people to whom they went.
8. We must support believers who go on trips like this so that we can work together with them in spreading the truth.
9. I wrote a letter to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, won’t accept us.
10. For this reason, when I come I will bring up what he’s doing. He’s not satisfied with saying malicious things about us. He also refuses to accept the believers ⌊we send⌋ as guests. He even tries to stop others who want to accept them and attempts to throw those people out of the congregation.
11. Dear friend, never imitate evil, but imitate good. The person who does good is from God. The person who does evil has never seen God.