3 John 1:9 I wrote a letter to the church there, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first in importance among the members of the body there, does not receive us i.e., he did not listen to or acknowledge the authority of us apostles.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ I wrote a letter to the church [there], but Diotrephes, who loves to be first [in importance] among the members [of the body there], does not receive us [i.e., he did not listen to or acknowledge the authority of us apostles].