Though I havemany thingsto writeto you, I do not wantto [do so] with paperand ink;but I hopeto cometo you and speakfaceto face,sothat your joymay be made full.
With him I speakmouthto mouth,Even openly,and not in darksayings,And he beholdsthe formof the LORD.Whythen were you not afraidTo speakagainst My servant,against Moses?"
"These thingsI have spokento you sothat My joymay be in you, and [that] your joymay be made full.
"I havemanymorethingsto sayto you, but you cannotbear[them] now.
"Untilnowyou have askedfor nothingin My name;askand you will receive,sothat your joymay be made full.
"But nowI cometo You; and these thingsI speakin the worldsothat they may haveMy joymade fullin themselves.
"He who hasthe brideis the bridegroom;but the friendof the bridegroom,who standsand hearshim, rejoicesgreatlybecauseof the bridegroom'svoice.Sothisjoyof minehas been made full.
wheneverI goto Spain--for I hopeto seeyou in passing,and to be helped on my waythereby you, when I have firstenjoyedyour company for a while--
longingto seeyou, even as I recallyour tears,sothat I may be filledwith joy.
At the same timealsoprepareme a lodging,for I hopethat throughyour prayersI will be givento you.
And I urge[you] all the moreto dothis,sothat I may be restoredto you the sooner.
Take noticethat our brotherTimothyhas been released,with whom,ifhe comessoon,I will seeyou.
These thingswe write,sothat our joymay be made complete.
For thisreason,ifI come,I will call attentionto his deedswhichhe does,unjustly accusingus with wickedwords;and not satisfiedwith this,he himselfdoes not receivethe brethren,either,and he forbidsthosewho desire[to do so] and puts[them] out of the church.
