What might happen if one elder insists on having his way or tries to promote his own ideas? Or what if someone ​ — like Diotrephes in the first century — ​ sows seeds of discord?
فَإِذَا كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ قَدْ سَعَى إِلَى إِفْسَادِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ فِي ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ،‏ فَمِنَ ٱلْمُؤَكَّدِ أَنَّهُ يَوَدُّ نَزْعَ ٱلسَّلَامِ مِنَ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ .‏