1 Corinthians 16:7
for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;
Young's Literal Translation
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
8and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost,
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:23I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
Romans 1:10always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,
2 Corinthians 1:15and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
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 →