1 Corinthians 16:7

“For I will not see you now by the way, etc.] 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.”

“I will not see you now by the way--literally, "I do not wish to see you this time in passing"; that is, to pay you now what would have to be a merely passing visit as I did in the second visit (Co2 12:14). In contrast to "a while," that is, some time, as the Greek might better be translated. but--The oldest manuscripts read "for."”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“I will not see you now - Not till I have been in Macedonia. 1 Corinthians 16:8”

“if: Co1 4:19; Pro 19:21; Jer 10:23; Act 18:21; Rom 1:10; Jam 4:15 1 Corinthians 16:8”