1 Corinthians 4:21
What[?] you-are-willing[?] I-may-come in to{staff} toward you, or in to{love}, besides to{spirit} of{meekness}.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
In Context
20for the kingdom of{the God} [is] not in to{word}; contrariwise, in to{enablement/empowerment}.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:23Moreover, I am-calling-self-upon witness, the God, upon the my life, that sparing of{you} not-still I-come into Corinth,
2 Corinthians 2:3and I-write to{you} the-same same, in-which-place, not come[ing], I-may-have grief from of{whom[plural]} it-has-been-necessitating me to-be-joying, having-persuaded upon you all that the my joy is-being of{you all},
2 Corinthians 10:1Moreover, same I, Paul, am-calling-aside you through of{the meekness} and of{upon-image-ia/reasonableness/impartiality} of{the Anointed}, who, on-one-hand, according-to face, humble in to{you}; on-the-other-hand, being-off/away I-am-having-courage into you.
2 Corinthians 10:8for besides if-supposing I-may-boast something more-excessive about of{the authority of{us} which} the Lord gives to{us} into house-build-ment and not into lift-down-sis[i.e. state of being lifted down] of{you}, I-will_not_be-shamed,
2 Corinthians 13:2I-have-said-before and am-saying-before as being-aside/beside/present the second, and being-off/away now, I-am-writing to{the[plural] having-sinned-before} and to{the remaining all}, that if-supposing I-may-come into the again, I-will_not_spare,
1 Thessalonians 2:7contrariwise, we-are-becomed kind/gentle in to{midst} of{you} as if-supposing [a] nourisher/nurse may-be-warming/soothing/comforting the offsprings of{sameself}.
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 →