1:12 Though I have many other 4 things to write to you, I do not want to do so with 5 paper and ink, 6 but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, 7 so that our joy may be complete. 8
1 tn Or “that we live.”
2 tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause indicates result, parallel to John 13:34 where the final ἵνα clause also indicates result.
3 tn Or “should live in obedience to it.”
4 tn “Other” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity in English.
5 tn Grk “by means of.”
6 sn Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter (with paper and ink).
7 tn Grk “speak mouth to mouth,” an idiom for which the English equivalent is “speak face to face.”
8 tn Grk “be fulfilled.”