'Writing' in the Bible
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.
I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet you in the Lord.
I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority -- the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you
Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard.
On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name.
I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.
But now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.