Diotrephes

The contrast between the righteous Gaius and unrighteous Diotrephes is striking; the two men were poles apart.  Gaius was graciously hospitable, Diotrephes ungraciously inhospitable.  Gaius loved the truth and loved everyone humbly (vv. 3-6); Diotrephes refused the truth and loved himself, and threatened everyone from his position of self-appointed authority in the church.  One submitted [...]

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The Persons in 3 John

Nothing is known of the Gaius to whom 3 John is written save what the letter itself tells us.  But this is no great loss, for all that we need to know is apparent from the text.  To be sure, the New Testament knows of a number of other men named Gaius.  There is a [...]

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