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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=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-LV Many things I_was_having to_write to_you, but not I_am_wanting through ink and pen to_you to_be_writing,
SR-GNT Πολλὰ 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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT I have many things to write to you, but I am not wishing to write them to you with ink and pen.
UST There 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.
BSB § I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
BLB I had many things to write to you, but I do not desire to write to you with ink and pen;
AICNT I 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
OEB I have many things to tell you, but I would rather not use pen and ink.
WEBBE I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;
WMBB (Same as above)
NET I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.
LSV Many things I had to write, but I do not wish to write to you through ink and pen,
FBV I have so much to say to you, but I don't want to do it in writing with pen and ink.
TCNT I 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
T4T When 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].
LEB No LEB 3YHN (3JHN) 1:13 verse available
BBE I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:
Moff No Moff 3YHN (3JHN) book available
Wymth I 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:
DRA I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to thee.
YLT Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,
Drby I had many things to write to thee, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee;
RV I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write them to thee with ink and pen:
Wbstr I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee:
KJB-1769 I 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-1611 I 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.)
Bshps I 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 penne write unto thee/you.)
Gnva I 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: )
Cvdl I 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.)
TNT I 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 penne write unto them. )
Wycl Y 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.)
Luth Ich hatte viel zu schreiben; aber ich wollte nicht mit Tinte und Feder an dich schreiben.
(I had many to schreiben; but I wanted not with Tinte and Feder at you/yourself schreiben.)
ClVg Multa habui tibi scribere: sed nolui per atramentum et calamum scribere tibi.
(Multa habui to_you scribere: but nolui through atramentum and calamum scribere tibi. )
UGNT πολλὰ 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-GNT Πολλὰ 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;)
TC-GNT Πολλὰ 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; )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
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).
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”