1 Corinthians 16:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For I am unwilling to see you right now [just] in passing, but I hope later to remain for some time with you, if the Lord permits.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ I don’t want to make a quick visit to you, since I hope to spend some time with you if the Lord lets it happen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ For I am not willing to see you now only in passing, since I hope that I may remain with you for some length of time, if the Lord permits.

1 Corinthians 16:7 Cross References

Acts 18:21

but on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

James 4:15

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.”

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.

2 Corinthians 1:15

Since I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double favor;

Romans 1:10

asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O Lord, that the way of humans is not in their control, that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.

Proverbs 19:21

The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.