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

5But I must travel through Macedonia first. After I have been to Macedonia, then I will come to you. 6I 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. If 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. 9God has given me the chance to do a great work here. But many people are against what I am doing.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• I willθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• notοὐou · noG3756
• seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• youσύsu · youG4771
• nowἄρτιarti · nowG737
• byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the wayπάροδοςparodos · passing byG3938
• butδέde · thenG1161
• I trustἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679
• to tarryἐπιμένωepimenō · to remain/keep onG1961
• ·τιςtis · oneG5100
• a whileχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• the Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• permitἐπιτρέπωepitrepō · to permitG2010

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:7

• 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to visit you again soon, if the Lord wants me to. Then I will find out what these proud people are really like. It is not just the words that they say. I will find out if they have the power of God.
• Proverbs 19:21You may have lots of ideas about what you want to do. But it is the Lord's plans that are important.
• Jeremiah 10:23Lord, I know that nobody controls their own life. Nobody can decide what will happen to them.
• Acts 18:21Before he left, he said to them, ‘If God wants me to come back, I will return to you.’ Then Paul got in a ship and he sailed from Ephesus to Caesarea.
• Romans 1:10Every time that I pray for you, I ask God for a chance that I might visit you soon. I pray that he will make it possible if that is what he wants.
• James 4:15So what you ought to say is, ‘If the Lord agrees and we are still alive, then we will 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