2 John 1:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² I have many things to write to you, but I prefer not to do so with paper and ink; I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² I have a lot to tell you. I don’t want to use paper and ink, but I hope to visit you and talk with you face-to-face, so that our joy can be complete.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² I have much more to write to you, but I am not willing to do so through paper and ink. For I hope that I may be with you in the future, and that I may speak face to face, so that your joy may be full.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

2 John 1:12 Cross References

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

John 15:11

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 16:12

“I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 16:24

Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

John 17:13

But now I am coming to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; therefore this joy of mine is now full.

Romans 15:24

I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little.

2 Timothy 1:4

As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

Philemon 1:22

At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.

Hebrews 13:19

I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Hebrews 13:23

You should understand that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.

1 John 1:4

And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.