Yosef, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
3 John 1:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Yosef, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.