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.
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I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: …
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. …
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-13)The apostle concludes this letter, 1. With an adjournment of many things to personal conference: 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 . Here it is supposed that some things are better spoken than written. The use of pen and ink may be a mercy and a pleasure; but a personal interview…
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