New King James Version
1 Corinthians 16:8
8But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost.
1 Corinthians 16:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
- New International Version (NIV)But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,
- English Standard Version (ESV)But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
- New Living Translation (NLT)In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost.
Context of 1 Corinthians 16:8
6And 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. 7For I do not wish to see you now on the way; but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits. But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost. 9For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. 10And if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
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ἐπιμενῶ δὲ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ἕως τῆς πεντηκοστῆς·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:32If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Exodus 23:16and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
- Leviticus 23:15‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
- Acts 2:1When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I will tarry at Ephesus - And it is very probable that he did so; and that all these journeys were taken as he himself had projected. See on 1 Corinthians 16:5; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But I will tarry at Ephesus - This passage proves that this letter was written from Ephesus. It is by such indications as this usually that we are able to determine the place where the Epistles were written. In regard to the situation of Ephesus, see the note on Acts 18:19. Until Pentecost - This was a Jewish festival occurring fifty days after the Passover, and hence called the Pentecost. See the note at Acts 2:1. As there were Jews at Corinth, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Paul wrote this letter while he was in Ephesus, around AD 53 to 56 (Acts 19:1–20:1). Pentecost occurred in May or June.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. at Ephesus--whence Paul writes this Epistle. Compare 1Co 16:19, "Asia," wherein Ephesus was. until Pentecost--He seems to have stayed as he here purposes: for just when the tumult which drove him away broke out, he was already intending to leave Ephesus (Ac 19:21, 22). Combined with 1Co 5:7, 8, this verse fixes the date of this Epistle to a few weeks before Pentecost, and very soon after the Passover.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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