1 Corinthians 4:19
But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I shall find out, not what words these men use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.
20for the Kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.
Cross References
Acts 18:21as he took his leave, “I will come back again to you, please God,” and then set sail from Ephesus.
Acts 20:2After going through those districts and speaking many encouraging words to the disciples, he went into Greece, where he stayed three months.
1 Corinthians 2:6Yet there is a philosophy that we teach to those whose faith is matured, but it is not the philosophy of to-day, nor that of the leaders of to-day — men whose downfall is at hand.
1 Corinthians 11:34If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5I will come to you as soon as I have been through Macedonia — for I am going through Macedonia —
2 Corinthians 1:23But, as my life shall answer for it, I call God to witness that it was to spare you that I deferred my visit to Corinth.
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 →