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3 Yhn IntroC1

3 Yhn 1 V1V2V3V4V5V6V7V8V9V10V11V12V14V15

Parallel 3 YHN 1:13

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BI 3 Yhn 1:13 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)I had many things I wanted to write about, but won’t do it by means of ink and pen,

OET-LVMany things I_was_having to_write to_you, but not I_am_wanting through ink and pen to_you to_be_writing,

SR-GNTΠολλὰ εἶχον γράψαι σοι, ἀλλʼ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράφειν,
   (Polla eiⱪon grapsai soi, allʼ ou thelō dia melanos kai kalamou soi grafein,)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULTI have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you with ink and pen.

USTThere are many more things about which I could write to you. But I do not want to write to you about them in a letter.

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

MSBI have many things to write,[fn] but I would prefer not [to do so] with pen and ink.


1:13 CT to write to you

BLBI had many things to write to you, but I do not desire to write to you with ink and pen;


AICNTI had much to write [to you],[fn] but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen;


1:13, to you: Absent from some manuscripts. BYZ TR

OEBI have many things to tell you, but I would rather not use pen and ink.

WEBBEI had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

WMBB (Same as above)

NETI have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.

LSVMany things I had to write, but I do not wish to write to you through ink and pen,

FBVI have so much to say to you, but I don't want to do it in writing with pen and ink.

TCNTI have much to [fn]write, but I do not want to write to yoʋ with pen and ink.


1:13 write ¦ write to yoʋ CT

T4TWhen I began to write this letter, I had much more that I intended to tell you. But now I do not want to say it in a letter [MTY].

LEBNo LEB 3 YHN (3 JHN) 1:13 verse available

BBEI had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

MoffI had a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen;

WymthI have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen.

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

DRAI had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to thee.

YLTMany things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

DrbyI had many things to write to thee, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee;

RVI had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write them to thee with ink and pen:
   (I had many things to write unto thee/you, but I am unwilling to write them to thee/you with ink and pen: )

SLTI have many things to write, but I will not by ink and pen write to thee:

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

KJB-1769I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
   (I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee/you: )

KJB-1611I had many things to write, but I will not with inke and pen write vnto thee.
   (I had many things to write, but I will not with inke and pen write unto thee/you.)

BshpsI haue many thynges to write: but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee.
   (I have many things to write: but I will not with inke and pen write unto thee/you.)

GnvaI haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:
   (I have many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write unto thee/you: )

CvdlI had many thinges to wryte, but I wolde not with ynke, and pen wryte vnto the.
   (I had many things to wryte, but I would not with ynke, and pen write unto them.)

TNTI have many thinges to wryte: but I will not with ynke and penne wryte vnto the.
   (I have many things to wryte: but I will not with ynke and pen write unto them. )

WyclY hadde many thingis to wryte to thee, but Y wolde not write to thee bi enke and penne.
   (I had many things to write to thee/you, but I would not write to thee/you by enke and penne.)

LuthIch hatte viel zu schreiben; aber ich wollte nicht mit Tinte und Feder an dich schreiben.
   (I had many to/for writen; but I wanted not with Tinte and Feder at/to you/yourself writen.)

ClVgMulta habui tibi scribere: sed nolui per atramentum et calamum scribere tibi.
   (Many I_had to_you scribere: but I_didn't_want_to through atramentum and calamum scribere to_you. )

UGNTπολλὰ εἶχον γράψαι σοι, ἀλλ’ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράφειν,
   (polla eiⱪon grapsai soi, all’ ou thelō dia melanos kai kalamou soi grafein,)

SBL-GNTΠολλὰ εἶχον ⸂γράψαι σοι⸃, ἀλλʼ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι ⸀γράφειν·
   (Polla eiⱪon ⸂grapsai soi⸃, allʼ ou thelō dia melanos kai kalamou soi ⸀grafein;)

RP-GNTΠολλὰ εἶχον γράφειν, ἀλλ' οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράψαι·
   (Polla eiⱪon grafein, all' ou thelō dia melanos kai kalamou soi grapsai;)

TC-GNTΠολλὰ εἶχον [fn]γράφειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι [fn]γράψαι·
   (Polla eiⱪon grafein, all ou thelō dia melanos kai kalamou soi grapsai; )


1:13 γραφειν ¦ γραψαι σοι CT

1:13 γραψαι ¦ γραφειν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

1:13 pen and ink (literally ink and reed): In antiquity, writing was typically done with a stylus shaped from a reed and black carbon ink (see also 2 Jn 1:12).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου

through ink and pen

John is using something associated with a letter, the ink and pen he would use to write a letter, to represent the letter itself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation, as in UST: [in a letter]

BI 3 Yhn 1:13 ©