ἐπιδέχομαι (epidechomai, 1926)

Meanings

does receive, receives

	Greek (NLG)	English (NLT)
3Jn.1:9	9ἔγραψά τι τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν, Διοτρέφης, οὐκ ἐπιδέχεται ἡμᾶς.	9 I wrote to the church about this , but Diotrephes , who loves to be the leader {RPT} , refuses to have anything to do with us .
3Jn.1:10	10διὰ τοῦτο ἐὰν ἔλθω, ὑπομνήσω αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖ λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν ἡμᾶς· καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις οὔτε αὐτὸς ἐπιδέχεται τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ τοὺς βουλομένους κωλύει· καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐκβάλλει.	10 {NEQ} {NEQ} When I come , I will report some of {RPT} the things {RPT} he is doing and the evil accusations he is making against us . {NEQ} Not only does he refuse to welcome the traveling teachers , {NEQ} he also tells others not to help them . And when they do help , he puts them out of the church .