1 Corinthians 16:7

For I am unwilling to see you now in passing; for I hope to stay some time with you if the Lord permit.

Noyes 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

6and perhaps I may remain, or even spend the winter with you, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I may be going.

8But I shall remain at Ephesus until the Pentecost;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:23“I know, O Jehovah, that the way of a man is not within his power, That it is not within the power of a man that walketh to establish his steps.

Romans 1:10supplicating that, if it be possible, I may at last through the will of God be favored with an opportunity of coming to you.

2 Corinthians 1:15And in this confidence it was my purpose to come to you before, that ye might receive a second benefit;

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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