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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Corinthians 16:7

For I don't want to see you now, when I am only passing through; because I am hoping to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Submission;   Will;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Corinthians, letters to the;   Mission;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fortunatus;   Future Hope;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dates;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Corinth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I don’t want to see you now just in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.
King James Version (1611)
For I will not see you now by the way, but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
King James Version
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
English Standard Version
For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
New American Standard Bible
For I do not want to see you now just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.
New Century Version
I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it.
Amplified Bible
For I do not wish to see you right now just in passing, but I hope to remain with you for some time [later on], if the Lord permits.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For I do not wish to see you now just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.
Legacy Standard Bible
For I do not wish to see you now just in passing, for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.
Berean Standard Bible
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
Contemporary English Version
If the Lord lets me, I would rather come later for a longer visit than to stop off now for only a short visit.
Darby Translation
For I will not see you now in passing, for I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord permit.
Easy-to-Read Version
I don't want to come see you now, because I would have to leave to go to other places. I hope to stay a longer time with you, if the Lord allows it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For I will not see you nowe in my passage, but I trust to abide a while with you, if the Lord permit.
George Lamsa Translation
For I do not want to see you now just as a wayfarer; because I trust to tarry for a time with you, if my LORD permit me.
Good News Translation
I want to see you more than just briefly in passing; I hope to spend quite a long time with you, if the Lord allows.
Lexham English Bible
For I do not want to see you now in passing, for I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows it.
Literal Translation
For I do not desire to see you now in passage, but I am hoping to remain some time with you, if the Lord permits.
American Standard Version
For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
Bible in Basic English
For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.
Hebrew Names Version
For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
International Standard Version
I do not want to see you now just in passing, because I hope to spend some time with you if the Lord permits.Acts 18:21; 1 Corinthians 4:19; James 4:15;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For I will not now see you as I pass the way; for I hope to abide a time with you, if my Lord permit me.
Murdock Translation
For I am not disposed to see you now, as I pass along; because I hope to spend some time with you, if my Lord permit me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For I wyll not see you nowe in my passage, but I trust to abyde a whyle with you, yf the Lorde shall suffer me.
English Revised Version
For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
World English Bible
For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For I will not see you now in my way; but hope to stay some time with you, if the Lord permit.
Weymouth's New Testament
For I do not wish to see you on this occasion merely in passing; but if the Lord permits, I hope to remain some time with you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y wole not now se you in my passyng, for Y hope to dwelle with you awhile, if the Lord schal suffre.
Update Bible Version
For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry awhile with you, if the Lord permits.
Webster's Bible Translation
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
New English Translation
For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.
New King James Version
For I do not wish to see you now on the way; but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
New Living Translation
This time I don't want to make just a short visit and then go right on. I want to come and stay awhile, if the Lord will let me.
New Life Bible
I do not want to stop now. I want to spend some time with you when I can stay longer, if that is what the Lord wants.
New Revised Standard
I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For I do not wish to see you, just now, by the way; for I hope to remain, some time, with you, - if, the Lord, permit.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For I will not see you now by the way: for I trust that I shall abide with you some time, if the Lord permit.
Revised Standard Version
For I do not want to see you now just in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I will not se you now in my passage: but I trust to abyde a whyle with you yf God shall suffre me.
Young's Literal Translation
for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wyl not se you now in my passage, for I hope to abyde a whyle with you, yf the LORDE shal suffre me.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for I do not design to see you in my passage thither, yet I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permit.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I wish I could come now, but then I wouldn't be able to stay long as I've got other things to do. I want to get them out of the way so I can stay with y'all longer if God says it's okay.

Contextual Overview

5 I will visit you after I have gone through Macedonia, for I am intending to pass through Macedonia, 6 and I may stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me continue my travels wherever I may go. 7 For I don't want to see you now, when I am only passing through; because I am hoping to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows it. 8 But I will remain in Ephesus until Shavu‘ot, 9 because a great and important door has opened for my work, and there are many people opposing me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: 1 Corinthians 4:19, Proverbs 19:21, Jeremiah 10:23, Acts 18:21, Romans 1:10, James 4:15

Reciprocal: Hebrews 6:3 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
Avraham traveled from there toward the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. While living as an alien in G'rar,
Genesis 21:17
God heard the boy's voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What's wrong with you, Hagar? Don't be afraid, because God has heard the voice of the boy in his present situation.
Genesis 22:11
But the angel of Adonai called to him out of heaven: "Avraham? Avraham!" He answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 22:15
The angel of Adonai called to Avraham a second time out of heaven.
Genesis 25:18
Yishma‘el's sons lived between Havilah and Shur, near Egypt as you go toward Ashur; he settled near all his kinsmen. Haftarah Hayyei-Sarah: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 1:1–31 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hayyei-Sarah: Mattityahu (Matthew) 8:19–22; 27:3–10; Luke 9:57–62 Here is the history of Yitz'chak, Avraham's son. Avraham fathered Yitz'chak. Yitz'chak was forty years old when he took Rivkah, the daughter of B'tu'el the Arami from Paddan-Aram and sister of Lavan the Arami, to be his wife. Yitz'chak prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. Adonai heeded his prayer, and Rivkah became pregnant. The children fought with each other inside her so much that she said, "If it's going to be like this, why go on living?" So she went to inquire of Adonai , who answered her, "There are two nations in your womb. From birth they will be two rival peoples. One of these peoples will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger." When the time for her delivery came, there were twins in her womb. The first to come out was reddish and covered all over with hair, like a coat; so they named him ‘Esav [completely formed, that is, having hair already]. Then his brother emerged, with his hand holding ‘Esav's heel, so he was called Ya‘akov [he catches by the heel, he supplants]. Yitz'chak was sixty years old when she bore them. The boys grew; and ‘Esav became a skillful hunter, an outdoorsman; while Ya‘akov was a quiet man who stayed in the tents. Yitz'chak favored ‘Esav, because he had a taste for game; Rivkah favored Ya‘akov. One day when Ya‘akov had cooked some stew, ‘Esav came in from the open country, exhausted, and said to Ya‘akov, "Please! Let me gulp down some of that red stuff — that red stuff! I'm exhausted!" (This is why he was called Edom [red].) Ya‘akov answered, "First sell me your rights as the firstborn." "Look, I'm about to die!" said ‘Esav. "What use to me are my rights as the firstborn?" Ya‘akov said, "First, swear to me!" So he swore to him, thus selling his birthright to Ya‘akov. Then Ya‘akov gave him bread and lentil stew; he ate and drank, got up and went on his way. Thus ‘Esav showed how little he valued his birthright.
Genesis 31:11
Then, in the dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Ya‘akov!' and I replied, ‘Here I am.'
Exodus 15:22
Moshe led Isra'el onward from the Sea of Suf. They went out into the Shur Desert; but after traveling three days in the desert, they had found no water.
1 Samuel 15:7
Then Sha'ul attacked ‘Amalek, starting at Havilah and continuing toward Shur, at the border of Egypt.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of Adonai are everywhere, watching the evil and the good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I will not see you now by the way,.... Just to look upon them, and be gone, be like a wayfaring man that tarries but for a night:

but I trust to tarry a while with you; the whole winter season:

if the Lord permit; submitting all to the will of God, at whose sovereign disposal he always was, and at whose beck and command he desired to be, and to do nothing, or be any where, but what was agreeable to the will of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I will not see you now by the way - On the way to Macedonia. Something had occurred to change his mind, and to induce him to go to Macedonia by another way.

But I trust to tarry a while with you - That is, on my return from Macedonia, 1 Corinthians 16:5. Greek, “I hope to remain with you a little while.

If the Lord permit - The apostle did not use the language of certainty and of confidence. He felt his dependence on God, and regarded all as under his direction; see the same form of expression in 1 Corinthians 4:19, and the note on that place.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 16:7. I will not see you now by the way — From Ephesus to Corinth was merely across the AEgean Sea, and comparatively a short passage.


 
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