1 Corinthians 16:7

7 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.

1 Corinthians 16:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 16:7

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.

1 Corinthians 16:7 In-Context

5 I shall come to you after passing through Macedonia; for my plan will be to pass through Macedonia;

6 and I shall make some stay with you perhaps, or even spend the winter with you, in order that you may help me forward, whichever way I travel.

7 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.

8 I shall remain in Ephesus, however, until the time of the Harvest Festival,

9 for a wide door stands open before me which demands great efforts, and we have many opponents.