Matthew Poole Commentary - 3 John 1:9

Matthew Poole Commentary - 3 John 1:9 - 1:9

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 3 John 1:9 - 1:9

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1:14 - 1:14

Ver. 9,10. I wrote unto the church; this was probably some church of which Gaius was.

Diotrephes, one who had received or usurped some office or authority in it, to so ill a purpose, as when he had no inclination to be hospitable himself to fellow Christians, prevented others from being so; and upon pretence of the little differences of these Jewish from the Gentile Christians, excluded them their communion.