1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the wordes of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18Some are puffed vp as though I woulde not come vnto you.
20For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
Cross References
Acts 18:21But bade the farewel, saying, I must needes keepe this feast that commeth, in Hierusalem: but I will returne againe vnto you, if God will. So he sailed from Ephesus.
Acts 20:2And when hee had gone through those parts, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Grecia.
1 Corinthians 2:6And we speake wisedome among them that are perfect: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to nought.
1 Corinthians 11:34And if any man be hungry, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5Nowe I will come vnto you, after I haue gone through Macedonia (for I will passe through Macedonia.)
2 Corinthians 1:23Nowe, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.
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 →