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## and I did not wish to write them with paper and ink ##
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This can be translated "but I did not want to write them to you in a letter."
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## face to face ##
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This can be translated "actually with you"
## joy may be made full ##
This can be translated "joy may be complete"
## The children of your elect sister ##
Here John compares this other church to a sister. And the believers that are a part of that church are compared to children. This emphasizes that all believers are a spiritual family. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])