Final Greetings

¹² Although I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink; instead, I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our^[a] joy may be complete.^(A)

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.^(A)

“Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”^(A)

Final Greetings

¹³ I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write to you with pen and ink;^{(A) 14} instead, I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.

⁴ We are writing these things so that our^[a] joy may be complete.

¹⁹ I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you very soon.

²⁴ when I go to Spain. For I do hope to see you on my journey and to be sent on by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little while.

¹³ But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.^[a]

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

¹¹ I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.^(A)