1 Corinthians 16:8

However, I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,

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In The King James Version

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

In Context

7This time I don't want to come and see you for just a short time. I hope I can stay for a while with you, if that's what the Lord permits.

9because a tremendous door of opportunity has opened up for me there, though there are plenty who oppose me.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:16You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from what you've sown in the fields. Lastly you are to observe the Festival of Gathering-In the Harvest at the end of the year, when you gather in the harvest of the rest of your crops from the field.

Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all meeting together in one place.

1 Corinthians 15:32Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”!

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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