American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 16:7
7For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
1 Corinthians 16:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
- New International Version (NIV)For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I do not wish to see you now on the way; but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
Context of 1 Corinthians 16:7
5But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia; 6but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go. For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 8But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost; 9for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 161 Corinthians 16:7 word by word
οὐ θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἄρτι ἐν παρόδῳ ἰδεῖν· ἐλπίζω γὰρ χρόνον τινὰ ἐπιμεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ κύριος ἐπιτρέψῃ.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:7
- 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.
- Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
- Jeremiah 10:23O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
- Acts 18:21but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.
- Romans 1:10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.
- James 4:15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will not see you now by the way - From Ephesus to Corinth was merely across the Aegean Sea, and comparatively a short passage.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For I will not see you now by the way - On the way to Macedonia. Something had occurred to change his mind, and to induce him to go to Macedonia by another way. But I trust to tarry a while with you - That is, on my return from Macedonia, 1 Corinthians 16:5. Greek, “I hope to remain with you a little while. If the Lord permit - The apostle did not use the language of certainty and of confidence. He felt his dependence on God, and regarded all as under his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7or even spend the winter: Paul evidently did visit during the winter (compare Acts 20:2–3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. His first intention had been (2Co 1:15, 16) to pass through them (Corinth) to Macedonia, and again return to them from Macedonia, and so to Judea; this he had announced in the lost epistle (1Co 5:9); now having laid aside this intention (for which he was charged with levity, 2Co 1:17, &c., whereas it was through lenity, 2Co 1:23; 2:1), he announces his second plan of "not seeing them now by the way," but "passing through Macedonia" first on his way…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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