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2 John 1:12

NETBible	Though I have many other¹ things to write to you, I do not want to do so with² paper and ink,³ but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face,⁴ so that our joy may be complete.⁵
NIV © biblegateway 2Jo 1:12	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, so that our joy may be complete.
NASB © biblegateway 2Jo 1:12	Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full.
NLT © biblegateway 2Jo 1:12	Well, I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to say it in a letter. For I hope to visit you soon and to talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.
MSG © biblegateway 2Jo 1:12	I have a lot more things to tell you, but I'd rather not use paper and ink. I hope to be there soon in person and have a heart-to-heart talk. That will be far more satisfying to both you and me.
BBE © SABDAweb 2Jo 1:12	Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Jo 1:12	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 joy may be complete.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Jo 1:12	Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
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KJV	Having <2192> (5723) many things <4183> to write <1125> (5721) unto you <5213>_, I would <1014> (5675) not <3756> [write] with <1223> paper <5489> and <2532> ink <3188>_: but <235> I trust <1679> (5719) to come <2064> (5629) unto <4314> you <5209>_, and <2532> speak <2980> (5658) face <4750> to <4314> face <4750>_, that <2443> our <2257> joy <5479> may be <5600> (5753) full <4137> (5772)_. {face to...: Gr. mouth to mouth} {our: or, your}
NASB © biblegateway 2Jo 1:12	Though I have <2192> many <4183> things <4183> to write <1125> to you, I do not want <1014> to do so with paper <5489> and ink <3189> ; but I hope <1679> to come <1096> to you and speak <2980> face <4750> to face <4750> , so <2443> that your joy <5479> may be made <4137> full <4137> .
NET [draft] ITL	Though I have <2192> many <4183> other things to write <1125> to you <5213> , I do <1014> not <3756> want <1014> to do so <1223> with paper <5489> and <2532> ink <3188> , but <235> I hope <1679> to come <1096> visit you <5209> and <2532> speak <2980> face <4750> to <4314> face <4750> , so that <2443> our <5216> joy <5479> may be complete <4137> .
GREEK	polla ecwn grafein eboulhyhn cartou kai melanov alla elpizw umav kai stoma prov stoma lalhsai h cara umwn peplhrwmenh <4137> (5772) V-RPP-NSF h <1510> (5753) V-PXS-3S

NETBible

Though I have many other¹ things to write to you, I do not want to do so with² paper and ink,³ but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face,⁴ so that our joy may be complete.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn “Other” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity in English.

²tn Grk “by means of.”

³sn 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).

⁴tn Grk “speak mouth to mouth,” an idiom for which the English equivalent is “speak face to face.”

⁵tn Grk “be fulfilled.”