1 Corinthians 16:6

1 Corinthians 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
• New International Version (NIV)Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it may be that I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may send me on my journey, wherever I go.

Context of 1 Corinthians 16:6

4I may also go myself, if that seems the right thing for me to do. Then they can travel with me. 5But I must travel through Macedonia first. After I have been to Macedonia, then I will come to you. I will probably remain with you for some time. I may even stay for the whole winter. Then you can help me to continue my journey to the next place. I am not sure yet where that may be. 7If I come now, I would only have a short time with you. But I want to stay with you for a longer time, if the Lord will let me do that. 8So I will remain here at Ephesus city until the Pentecost festival.

1 Corinthians 16:6 word by word

πρὸς ὑμᾶς δὲ τυχὸν παραμενῶ ἢ καὶ παραχειμάσω, ἵνα ὑμεῖς με προπέμψητε οὗ ἐὰν πορεύωμαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• it may be thatτυγχάνωtugchanō · to obtain/happenG5177
• I will abideπαραμένωparamenō · to continueG3887
• yeaἤē · orG2228
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• winterπαραχειμάζωparacheimazō · to winterG3914
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• youσύsu · youG4771
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• may bringπροπέμπωpropempō · to help on the wayG4311
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• whithersoeverοὗhou · whitherG3757
• ·ἐάνean · ifG1437
• I goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:6

• Acts 27:12This port was not a good place for a ship to remain during the winter. Most of the men on the ship wanted to continue the journey. They wanted to sail as far as Phoenix, if they could get there. They could stay there for the winter. Phoenix was a port on the island called Crete. It was open to the sea both to the south-west and to the north-west.
• Acts 28:11When we left Malta, we had been there for three months. We got on a ship that was called ‘The Twin Gods’. It had come from Alexandria and it had stayed in Malta during the winter.
• Acts 15:3The group of believers at Antioch sent Paul, Barnabas and the other men on their way. They travelled through Phoenicia and Samaria. They spoke to the believers in those places. They told them, ‘Gentiles are also turning to God and they are believing in Jesus.’ The believers were all very happy to hear this news.
• Acts 17:15When Paul left Berea, some men went with him. They went with him as far as the city of Athens. Before these men returned to Berea, Paul gave them a message for Silas and Timothy. He said, ‘Please come quickly and meet me here in Athens.’
• Acts 20:38They were very sad because Paul had said, ‘I will never see you again.’ After that, they walked with Paul to the ship.
• Acts 21:5After a week with the believers in Tyre, it was time for us to leave them. All the believers, together with their wives and their children, went with us out of the city. At the beach, we all went down on our knees and we prayed together.
• Romans 15:24So I hope to visit you while I am travelling to Spain. I will stay with you in Rome for a short time. I will really enjoy having some time together with you there. Then you can help me to continue my journey.
• 3 John 1:6These men have spoken to the group of believers here about your love. Please continue to help them when they visit you. Give them the things that they need to continue on their journey. That will make God happy.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Yea, and winter with you - He purposed to stay till pentecost at Ephesus; after that to go to Macedonia, and probably to spend the summer there; and come in the autumn to Corinth, and there spend the winter. That ye may bring me on my journey - That ye may furnish me with the means of travelling. It appears that, in most cases, the different Churches paid his expenses to other Churches; where this was not done, then he labored at his business to acquire…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6That ye may bring me on my journey - That you may accompany me, or aid me, and furnish me the means of going on my journey. It was customary for the apostles to be attended by some members of the churches and friends in their travels. See the note at Acts 10:23. On my journey … - Probably to Judea. This was evidently his intention. But wherever he should go, it would be gratifying to him to have their aid and companionship.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 16:6

• Corinth

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Collection
• Gathering
• Lay
• Refresh
• Bring
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Forward; Forwardness

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