3 John 1:13 BSB — MannaFest

3 John 1:13

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.

BSB

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ASV

I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write them to thee with ink and pen:

KJV

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

I have many things to write,.... With regard to churches, and particular persons, and concerning hospitality to the poor brethren: but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee; suggesting he should take another method of communicating his mind to him, which he next mentions.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I had many things to write ... - This Epistle closes, as the second does, with a statement that he had many things to say, but that he preferred waiting until he should see him rather than put them on paper. Perhaps there were some things which he wished to say which he would not like to have exposed to the possibility of being seen by the public eye. But I will not with ink and pen ... - Notes at 2Jn 1:12.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πολλὰ	Polla	Many things	G4183 →
εἶχον	eichon	I had	G2192 →
γράψαι	grapsai	to write	G1125 →
σοι,	soi	to you,	G4771 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
θέλω	thelō	I desire	G2309 →
διὰ	dia	with	G1223 →
μέλανος	melanos	ink	G3188 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καλάμου	kalamou	pen	G2563 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
γράφειν·	graphein	to write;	G1125 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G1125grapsaito write189×

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Where the connections lead

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2 John 1:12
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that…
leads to
- John 16:12
  I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- 3 John 1:13–14
  I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
- John 17:13
  But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
- John 15:11
  I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- 1 John 1:4
  We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

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