These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Parallel translations
- KJV These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
- BSB Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
- NKJV These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
- NASB I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;
- NLT I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon,
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 1 Cor 11:34But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
- Phlm 1:22Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
- 2 Cor 1:15–17In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;
- 2 Jn 1:12Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.
- Heb 13:23Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.
- 3 Jn 1:14but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
- 1 Th 2:18because we wanted to come to you — indeed, I, Paul, once and again — but Satan hindered us.
- 1 Tim 4:13Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
- 1 Cor 16:5–7But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.
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