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- and I did not wish to write them with paper and ink - This can be translated "but I did not want to write them to you in a letter."
- face to face - 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: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)