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This book lashes back at Diotrephes in a style uncharacteristic of John, and with a reference to "our authority" that is also anomalous:

This book lashes back at Diotrephes in a style uncharacteristic of John, and with a reference to "our authority" that is also anomalous:

{{cquote|Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.<ref>{{bibleref|3John|9-10}} ([[ESV]].}}  

{{cquote|Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.<ref>{{bibleref|3John|9-10}} ([[ESV]].</ref>}}  

The author identifies himself as John, historically considered to be the [[Apostle John]] who also wrote the [[Gospel of John]] along with [[I John]], [[II John]], and the [[Book of Revelation]]. Some theologians disagree, contending that only all three Epistles shared authorship by the same individual, or that only 2 John and 3 John had a common author.

The author identifies himself as John, historically considered to be the [[Apostle John]] who also wrote the [[Gospel of John]] along with [[I John]], [[II John]], and the [[Book of Revelation]]. Some theologians disagree, contending that only all three Epistles shared authorship by the same individual, or that only 2 John and 3 John had a common author.