1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord please, and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
18Now some are puffed up, as if I would not come to you.
20for the kingdom of God consisteth not in speech, but in power.
Cross References
Acts 18:21saying, I must by all means keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem; but I will return to you again, God willing. So he sailed from Ephesus;
Acts 20:2And having passed through those parts, and given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
1 Corinthians 2:6Yet we speak true wisdom among the perfect: though not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
1 Corinthians 11:34and if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together to your condemnation. And as to other things, I will set them in order when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia; for I am to pass through Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God to witness on my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet 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 →