1 Corinthians 16:7

For I will not see you now by the way, for I trust that I shall abide with you some time, if the Lord permit.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

6And with you perhaps I shall abide, or even spend the winter: that you may bring me on my way whithersoever I shall go.

8But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:23I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

Romans 1:10Always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you.

2 Corinthians 1:15And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:

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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