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1 Corinthians 16:7 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 16 · verse 7
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.1 Corinthians 16:7 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 16:7 in context
5Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust 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.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- permitepitrepōto turn to, transfer, commit, intrust, to permit, allow, give leaveG2010 →
- trustelpizōto hope, in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full confidence…G1679 →
- tarryepimenōto stay at or with, to tarry still, still to abide, to continue, remain, of tarrying in a…G1961 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- seeeidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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In this passage the apostle notifies and explains his purpose of visiting them, concerning which, observe, 1. His purpose: he intended to pass out of Asia, where he now was (vide Co1 16:8, Co1 16:19) and to go through Macedonia into Achaia, where Corinth was, and to stay some time with them, and perhaps the winter,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-9