3 John 1:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I had many things [I wanted] to write you about, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I had much [to say to you when I began] to write, but I prefer not to put it down with pen (a reed) and ink;

American Standard Version (1901)

I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write them to thee with ink and pen:

Common English Bible

I have a lot to say to you, but I don’t want to use pen and ink.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing, through ink and pen, to write to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

3 John 1:13 Cross References

Matthew 1:19

Now Joseph, her husband [to be], being a man who did what was right, and not wanting to make a public spectacle out of her, decided to break off their engagement privately.

2 John 1:12

I have many [more] things to write to you about, but will not do so with paper and ink, since I hope to visit you [soon] and speak to you in person, so that our joy may be complete.