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Demetrius in the Bible — Who Was Demetrius? | fresh.bible

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Demetrius

A believer with a good reputation — everyone spoke well of him

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Mentioned in 3 John as someone who had a good testimony from everyone, including from the truth itself. John personally vouched for him. He's the third character in 3 John's snapshot of early church dynamics, alongside Gaius (good) and Diotrephes (bad).

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The Man Who Made It About Himself

3 John 1:9-12

Demetrius is introduced as the positive counterexample to Diotrephes — a man whose reputation is so consistently good that John says even the truth itself testifies on his behalf.

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