12 Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;
these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.
Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee, and I hope straightway to see thee, and mouth to mouth we shall speak. Peace to thee! salute thee do the friends; be saluting the friends by name.
`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear `them' now;
when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.
And I will come unto you, when I pass through Macedonia -- for Macedonia I do pass through -- and with you, it may be, I will abide, or even winter, that ye may send me forward whithersoever I go, for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;
desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,
and at the same time also prepare for me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.