1 Corinthians 4:19
but I will come to you quickly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the speech of those who have become arrogant, but the power.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Now, some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you;
20For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
Cross References
Acts 18:21but took leave of them, saying: I must, by all means, keep this coming feast in Jerusalem: but I will return to you, if God be willing. And he sailed from Ephesus,
Acts 20:2And when he had gone through those regions, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece.
1 Corinthians 2:6Yet we speak wisdom among the perfect; but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are brought to nought:
1 Corinthians 11:34and if any one is hungry, let him eat at home, that you come not together for condemnation. But other things I will set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5Now I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia, for I intend to go through Macedonia;
2 Corinthians 1:23But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth;
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:18-21
Paul's Affection and Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall… Read the whole commentary →