12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face,(A) so that our joy may be complete.(B)

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12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

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12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.(A)

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12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

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11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(A)

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11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

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With him I speak face to face,
    clearly and not in riddles;(A)
    he sees the form of the Lord.(B)
Why then were you not afraid
    to speak against my servant Moses?”(C)

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With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

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13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.(A)

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13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

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We write this(A) to make our[a] joy complete.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

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19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(A)

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19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

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24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain.(A) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist(B) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

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24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

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13 “I am coming to you now,(A) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(B) within them.

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13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive,(A) and your joy will be complete.(B)

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24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy(A) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

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23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

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22 And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be(A) restored to you in answer to your prayers.(B)

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22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

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Recalling your tears,(A) I long to see you,(B) so that I may be filled with joy.

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Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

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