3 John 1:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 2 John 1:12 : 12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

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  • 2 John 1:12-13
    2 verses
    86%

    12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

    13 The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

  • 3 John 1:14
    78%

    14 But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face.

  • 2 Cor 1:13
    75%

    13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

  • Gal 6:11
    74%

    11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

  • 1 Tim 3:14
    74%

    14 I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

  • 2 Cor 13:10
    73%

    10 For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Phlm 1:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

    14 But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

  • Phlm 1:21
    72%

    21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • Heb 13:22
    72%

    22 But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    72%

    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

    4 For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

  • 2 Thess 3:17
    72%

    17 These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.

  • Gal 1:20
    72%

    20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
    71%

    23 But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    71%

    1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

  • 2 Cor 10:9
    71%

    9 That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

  • 3 John 1:12
    70%

    12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

    23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

  • 2 Cor 2:9
    70%

    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Rom 15:15
    70%

    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

  • 1 Tim 1:3
    70%

    3 It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

  • Rom 1:13
    70%

    13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • 2 Cor 13:2
    70%

    2 I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;

  • 2 Pet 1:15
    70%

    15 And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

  • 2 Cor 2:1
    70%

    1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

  • 1 Cor 16:7
    70%

    7 For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
    70%

    1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • 3 John 1:9
    69%

    9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

  • 1 Cor 16:21
    69%

    21 I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

  • 1 Thess 5:1
    69%

    1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

  • Col 2:1
    69%

    1 For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

  • Phlm 1:19
    69%

    19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

  • 1 John 1:4
    69%

    4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

  • 2 Cor 7:12
    69%

    12 So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
    69%

    4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

  • Rom 1:11
    69%

    11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

  • Phlm 1:16
    69%

    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
    69%

    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • 1 Cor 5:9
    69%

    9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

  • 2 John 1:1
    69%

    1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

  • 1 Cor 4:14
    69%

    14 I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

  • 3 John 1:3
    69%

    3 For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
    68%

    3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

  • John 21:25
    68%

    25 And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
    68%

    12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.