1 Corinthians 16:7

For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

World English 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

6But with you it may be that I will stay with you, or even winter with you, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.

8But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:23LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

Romans 1:10requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

2 Corinthians 1:15In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have 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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