2 John 1:12

Though I have many other ¹  things to write to you, I do not want to do so with ²  paper and ink, ³  but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, ⁴  so that our joy may be complete. ⁵ 

Nu 12:8; Joh 15:11; Joh 16:12; Joh 16:24; Joh 17:13; Ro 15:24; 1Co 16:5-7; 2Ti 1:4; Phm 1:22; Heb 13:19,23; 1Jo 1:4; 3Jo 1:13

¹ tn “Other” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity in English.

² tn Grk “by means of.”

³ sn 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).

⁴ tn Grk “speak mouth to mouth,” an idiom for which the English equivalent is “speak face to face.”

⁵ tn Grk “be fulfilled.”