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2Jo 1:12 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

many		Jhn 16:12
I would		3Jo 1:13
I trust		Rom 15:24; 1Cr 16:5-7; Phm 1:22; Hbr 13:19,23
face to face		Gr. mouth to mouth. Num 12:8
that		Jhn 15:11; Jhn 16:24; Jhn 17:13; 2Ti 1:4; 1Jo 1:4
our		or, your.

Correlating Passages

many

Jhn 16:12

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

I would

3Jo 1:13

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

I trust

	Rom 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].
	1Cr 16:5	Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
	1Cr 16:6	And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
	1Cr 16:7	For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
	Phm 1:22	But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
	Hbr 13:19	But I beseech [you] the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
	Hbr 13:23	Know ye that [our] brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

face to face

Num 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?

that

	Jhn 15:11	These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
	Jhn 16:24	Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
	Jhn 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.
	2Ti 1:4	Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
	1Jo 1:4	And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 John 1:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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