1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.
20For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
Cross References
Acts 18:21But taking his leave, and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus.
Acts 20:2And when he had gone over those parts, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece;
1 Corinthians 2:6Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, neither of the princes of this world that come to nought;
1 Corinthians 11:34If any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5Now I will come to you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia. For I shall pass through Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God to witness upon my soul, that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy: for in faith you stand.
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 →