"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

1 Corinthians 16:7 · KJV

“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

Verse 6

And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.

Verse 8

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

1 Corinthians 16 — Context

Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.

And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and {there are} many adversaries.

Cross References

Acts 18:21

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

James 4:15

For that ye {ought} to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

Romans 1:10

Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

Jeremiah 10:23

O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

2 Corinthians 1:15

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; {benefit: or, grace}

Proverbs 19:21

{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.