3 John 1:13
Good News Translation
I have so much to tell you, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink.

New Revised Standard Version
I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;

Contemporary English Version
I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink.

New American Bible
I have much to write to you, but I do not wish to write with pen and ink.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to thee.

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2 John 1:12 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.

Context
Conclusion
12To Demetrius, testimony is given by all, and by the truth itself: yea and we also give testimony. And thou knowest that our testimony is true. 13I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to thee. 14But I hope speedily to see thee: and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.…
Cross References
Matthew 1:19
Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

2 John 1:12
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.

3 John 1:12
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