1 Corinthians 4:19 · KJV
“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.”
— 1 Corinthians 4:19
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
For the kingdom of God {is} not in word, but in power.
1 Corinthians 4 — Context
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19But 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.
20For the kingdom of God {is} not in word, but in power.
21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and {in} the spirit of meekness?
Cross References
2 Corinthians 13:1-4
This {is} the third {time} I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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.
Acts 19:21
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
1 Corinthians 4:18
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Hebrews 6:3
And this will we do, if God permit.
1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater {is} he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1 Corinthians 11:34
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. {condemnation: or, judgment}