3 John 1:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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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

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.

2 John 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.