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Line 12: − + − {{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>}} + − + − Despite the denial of traditional authorship, Johannine attribution can find some support in tone and writing style with Chapter 21 of the [[Gospel of John]] (but see [[John ending]]): − {{cquote|This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, ''and we know that his testimony is true.''|||John 21:24<ref>[https://biblehub.com/john/21-24.htm John 21:24]</ref>}} − {{cquote|Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, ''and you know that our testimony is true.''|||3 John 12<ref>[https://biblehub.com/3_john/1-12.htm 3 John 12]</ref>}}
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This book, 3 John, is also the only work attributed to the [[Apostle John]] which uses the term "[[Gentiles]]" and in an odd way ("accepting nothing from the Gentiles"<ref>[[ESV]]</ref>). In addition, there is no reference to "[[eternal life]]" in this book, which John references repeatedly in the [[Gospel of John]] and [[1 John]].
This book, 3 John, is also the only work attributed to the [[Apostle John]] which uses the term "[[Gentiles]]" and in an odd way ("accepting nothing from the Gentiles"<ref>[[ESV]]</ref>). In addition, there is no reference to "[[eternal life]]" in this book, which John references repeatedly in the [[Gospel of John]] and [[1 John]].
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: "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.
Despite the denial of traditional authorship, Johannine attribution can find some support in tone and writing style with Chapter 21 of the [[Gospel of John]] (but see [[John ending]]): "This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, ''and we know that his testimony is true.''|||John 21:24<ref>[https://biblehub.com/john/21-24.htm John 21:24]</ref>
"Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, ''and you know that our testimony is true.''|||3 John 12<ref>[https://biblehub.com/3_john/1-12.htm 3 John 12]</ref>
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