2 John 1:12 · KJV
“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. {face to...: Gr. mouth to mouth} {our: or, your}”
— 2 John 1:12
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
2 John 1 — Context
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into {your} house, neither bid him God speed:
11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
12Having 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. {face to...: Gr. mouth to mouth} {our: or, your}
13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
Cross References
John 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
3 John 1:13-14
I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
1 John 1:4
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Romans 15:24
Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your {company}. {with...: Gr. with you}
John 15:11
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and {that} your joy might be full.
John 17:13
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
1 Corinthians 16:5-7
Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.