[和合本] 我原有许多事要写给你，却不愿意用笔墨写给你，
[新标点] （问安）我原有许多事要写给你，却不愿意用笔墨写给你，
[和合修] （问安）我还有许多事要写给你，却不愿意用笔墨来写给你，
[新译本] 我还有许多话要写给你，可是我不愿借用笔墨。
[当代修] （结语）我本来有很多事想跟你谈，但不想用笔墨写给你，
[现代修] 我还有许多话要告诉你，但我不想藉笔墨传达。
[吕振中] 我原有许多话要写给你，现在倒不想用笔墨来写给你；
[思高本] （结尾语）我本来有许多事要写给你，但是我不愿意以笔墨给你写；
[文理本] 我本有多端欲书与尔、但不愿以笔墨书之、
[GNT] I have so much to tell you, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink.
[BBE] Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.
[KJV] I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
[NKJV] I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink;
[KJ21] I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee;
[NASB] I had many things to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with pen and ink;
[NRSV] I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
[WEB] I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;
[ESV] I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink.
[NIV] I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink.
[NIrV] Everyone says good things about Demetrius. He lives in keeping with the truth. We also say good things about him. And you know that our witness is true.
[HCSB] I have many things to write you, but I don't want to write to you with pen and ink.
[CSB] I have many things to write you, but I don't want to write to you with pen and ink.
[AMP] I had much [to say to you when I began] to write, but I prefer not to put it down with pen (a reed) and ink;
[NLT] I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink.
[YLT] Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,