2 John 12–13
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1:12Though I have many other34 things to write to you, I do not want to do so with35 paper and ink,36 but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face,37 so that our joy may be complete.38
1:13The children of your elect sister greet you.39
Footnotes
- 34 “Other” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity in English.
- 35 Grk “by means of.”
- 36 Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter (with paper and ink).
- 37 Grk “speak mouth to mouth,” an idiom for which the English equivalent is “speak face to face.”
- 38 Grk “be fulfilled.”
- 39 The Byzantine text has ἀμήν (amēn, “amen”) at the conclusion of this letter. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the particle is lacking in excellent, early, and diffuse witnesses (א A B P Ψ 33 81 323 1739 1881 co), rendering its omission the strongly preferred reading.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
The children of your elect sister greet you.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send their greetings.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.
The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.
Greetings from the children of your sister, chosen by God.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Although I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so by means of paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face, so that your joy may be complete. The children of your elect sister greet you.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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. The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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