1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
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In Context
18Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.
20For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.
Cross References
Acts 18:21Instead, saying goodbye and telling them, “I will return to you again, God willing,” he set out from Ephesus.
Acts 20:2And when he had walked through those areas and had exhorted them with many sermons, he went into Greece.
1 Corinthians 2:6Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.
1 Corinthians 11:34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not assemble together unto judgment. As for the rest, I will set it in order when I arrive.
1 Corinthians 16:5Now I will visit you after I have passed through Macedonia. For I will pass through Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return 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 →