1 Corinthians 16:7
For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
In Context
8But I will remain at Ephesus until Pentecost.
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Romans 1:10pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.
2 Corinthians 1:15And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier, so that ye might have a second benefit,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:6-10
Paul Promises to Visit Corinth. ( a. d. 57.) 5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. In this passage the apostle… Read the whole commentary →