1 Corinthians 16:7

For I will not see you now in passing, for I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord permit.

Darby Translation

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

6But perhaps I will stay with you, or even winter with you, that *ye* may set me forward wheresoever I may go.

8But I remain in Ephesus until Pentecost.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:23I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.

Romans 1:10always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

2 Corinthians 1:15And with this confidence I purposed to come to you previously, that ye might have a second favour;

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 →

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