KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 John 1:12–13
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2 John 1:12
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.
12Hauing many things to write vnto you, I would not write with paper and inke, but I trust to come vnto you, and speake †face to face, that our ioy may be full.
- Gr. mouth to mouth.
2 John 1:13
13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 John 1:12
Possessing; holding in power or possession; containing; gaining; receiving; taking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great number; numerous persons or things.
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To perform the act of forming characters, letters or figures, as representatives of sounds or ideas. To send letters.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A sheet or material used for writing.
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A dark liquid or substance used for writing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Something committed to a person’s care for use or management, and for which an account must be rendered. Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Gladness, delight, or rejoicing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
2 John 1:13
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Chosen; as a noun, one who is chosen.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
To salute, welcome, address kindly, or send expressions of goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study13I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
14But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
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Open the full verse study12I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
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Open the full verse study5Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
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Open the full verse study4And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
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Open the full verse study11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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Open the full verse study13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
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Open the full verse study8With 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?
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Open the full verse study24Whensoever 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.
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Open the full verse study4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
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Open the full verse study19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
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Open the full verse study24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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Open the full verse study23Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
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Open the full verse study22But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study13The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
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Open the full verse study1THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10If 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.
13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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