2 John 1:12
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.
KJV
Πολλὰ ἔχων ὑμῖν γράφειν οὐκ ἐβουλήθην διὰ χάρτου καὶ μέλανος, ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω γενέσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλῆσαι, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν πεπληρωμένη ᾖ.
Greek NT
Plura habens vobis scribere, nolui per cartam et atramentum : spero enim me futurum apud vos, et os ad os loqui : ut gaudium vestrum plenum sit.
Vulgate
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.
ASV
Having more things to write unto you, I would not by paper and ink: for I hope that I shall be with you and speak face to face, that your joy may be full.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- γενέσθαι — SBLGNT
- γενέσθαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐλθεῖν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὑμῶν — SBLGNT
- ὑμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- ἡμῶν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- πεπληρωμένη ᾖ — SBLGNT
- πεπληρωμένη ᾖ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ᾖ πεπληρωμένη — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 16:5 — Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
- 1John 1:4 — And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
- 1John 1:4 — And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
- 2Tim 1:4 — Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
- 3John 1:13 — I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
- 3John 1:13 — I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
- Heb 13:19 — But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
- John 3:29 — He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
- John 15:11 — These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
- John 15:11 — These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
- John 16:12 — I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- John 17:13 — And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
- Num 12:8 — 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?
- Phil 2:24 — But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
- Phlm 1:22 — But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
- Rom 15:24 — 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.