1 Corinthians 16:7
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
Majority Standard Bible
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
8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
Romans 1:10in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
2 Corinthians 1:15Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
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 →