哥林多前书 4:19

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

然而主若願意，我很快就要到你們那裡去；到時我要知道的，不是那些自高自大的人所講的，而是他們的能力。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
然 而 ， 主 若 许 我 ， 我 必 快 到 你 们 那 里 去 ， 并 且 我 所 要 知 道 的 ， 不 是 那 些 自 高 自 大 之 人 的 言 语 ， 乃 是 他 们 的 权 能 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ That is why I am sending to you Timothy, my son in the Lord. I love Timothy, and he is faithful. He will help you remember my way of life in Christ Jesus, just as I teach it in all the churches everywhere. ¹⁸ Some of you have become proud, thinking that I will not come to you again. ¹⁹ But I will come to you very soon if the Lord wishes. Then I will know what the proud ones do, not what they say, ²⁰ because the kingdom of God is present not in talk but in power. ²¹ Which do you want: that I come to you with punishment or with love and gentleness?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I: 1 Corinthians 14:5, Acts 19:21, 2 Corinthians 1:15, 2 Corinthians 1:17, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 2:1, 2 Corinthians 2:2

if: Acts 18:21, Romans 15:32, Hebrews 6:3, James 4:15

not: 1 Corinthians 4:18, 2 Corinthians 13:1-4

but: 1 Corinthians 2:6

Reciprocal: Romans 1:10 - by the will 1 Corinthians 4:6 - be puffed 1 Corinthians 5:6 - glorying 1 Corinthians 11:34 - when 1 Corinthians 16:3 - when 1 Corinthians 16:7 - if 2 Corinthians 10:2 - that I 2 Corinthians 10:9 - terrify 2 Corinthians 10:11 - such 2 Corinthians 12:14 - the third 2 Corinthians 13:2 - told Galatians 4:20 - to be

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him."

Genesis 2:24
So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,

Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?

Matthew 19:8
Jesus answered, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you refused to accept God's teaching, but divorce was not allowed in the beginning.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I will come to you shortly,.... This he said as threatening them, but not by way of prophecy; for it is not certain that he ever did come to them after this; but by way of promise, as it was then the real intention, inclination, and resolution of his mind, though with this condition,

if the Lord will; which is rightly put, and what the apostle had a continual regard unto, in all things he was concerned; see Romans 1:10 and though it is not absolutely necessary that this should be expressed by us always in so many words; though should it, as the sentence is short and full, there would be no impropriety in it; yet this should always be the sense of our minds and conduct in all the affairs of life; see James 4:13

and will know not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power; meaning chiefly the false teachers; and that his concern would be, not so much to observe their masterly language, the eloquence of their speech, the quaintness of their expressions, the cadency of their words, how nicely they were put together, and how fitly pronounced; but what life there was in their ministry, what power went forth with their words, and how effectual their preaching was to the, conversion of sinners, and the edifying of the church of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I will come - It is from no fear of them that I am kept away; and to convince them of this I will come to them speedily.

If the Lord will - If the Lord permit; if by his providence he allows me to go. Paul regarded the entering on a journey as dependent on the will of God; and felt that God had all in his hand. No purpose should be formed without a reference to his will; no plan without feeling that he can easily frustrate it and disappoint us; see James 4:15.

And will know - I will examine; I will put to the test; I will fully understand,

Not the speech ... - Not their vain and empty boasting; not their confident assertions, and their self-complacent views.

But the power - Their real power. I will put their power to the proof: I will see whether they are able to effect what they affirm; whether they have more real power than I have. I will enter fully into the work of discipline, and will ascertain whether they have such authority in the church, such a power of party and of combination, that they can resist me, and oppose my administration of the discipline which the church needs. “A passage,” says Bloomfield, “which cannot, in nerve and rigor, or dignity and composed confidence, be easily paralleled, even in Demosthenes himself.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. But I will come to you shortly — God being my helper, I fully purpose to visit you; and then I shall put those proud men to the proof, not of their speech - eloquence, or pretensions to great knowledge and influence, but of their power - the authority they profess to have from God, and the evidences of that authority in the works they have performed. See the Introduction, sect. xi.