1 Corinthians 16:7

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

5After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia. 6Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. 8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, 9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

1 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

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• I do not wantοὐou · noG3756
• I do not wantθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• to seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• youσύsu · youG4771
• nowἄρτιarti · nowG737
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• passingπάροδοςparodos · passing byG3938
• I hopeἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679
• to spendἐπιμένωepimenō · to remain/keep onG1961
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• permitsἐπιτρέπωepitrepō · to permitG2010

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:7

• 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
• Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
• Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
• Acts 18:21But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
• Romans 1:10in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
• James 4:15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will 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

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 16:7

• Corinth
• Submission
• Will

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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