1 Corinthians 16:11

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Don't let me hear of anyone turning him away or shunning him in any way. Help him out with anything he needs so he may return to me in peace and safety. Don't delay in this. I'm waiting on him and the others who are riding with him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren.

Legacy Standard Bible
So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.

Bible in Basic English
See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

Darby Translation
Let not therefore any one despise him; but set him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren.

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, no one should look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so he can come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

World English Bible
Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Therefore let no man despise him, but conduct him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I look for him with the brethren.

Weymouth's New Testament
Therefore let no one slight him, but all of you should help him forward in peace to join me; for I am waiting for him and others of the brethren.

King James Version (1611)
Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that hee may come vnto me: for I looke for him with the brethren.

Literal Translation
Then do not let any despise him, but set him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brothers.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let no man therfore despyse him, but conuaye him forth in peace, that he maye come vnto me, for I loke for him with the brethren.

Mace New Testament (1729)
let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him safe, that he may come to me: for I and the brethren expect him.

Amplified Bible
So allow no one to treat him with disdain [as if he were inconsequential]. But send him off [cordially, and speed him on his way] in peace, so that he may come to me, for I am expecting him [to come along] with the other brothers.

American Standard Version
let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren.

Revised Standard Version
So let no one despise him. Speed him on his way in peace, that he may return to me; for I am expecting him with the brethren.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Let no man despyse him: but convaye him forthe in peace yt he maye come vnto me. For I loke for him with the brethre.

Update Bible Version
let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me: for I expect him with the brothers.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come to me: for I look for him with the brethren.

Young's Literal Translation
no one, then, may despise him; and send ye him forward in peace, that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brethren;

New Century Version
So none of you should treat Timothy as unimportant, but help him on his trip in peace so that he can come back to me. I am expecting him to come with the brothers.

New English Translation
So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.

Berean Standard Bible
No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let anyone mistreat him. I am looking for him to return to me together with the other followers. So when he leaves, send him off with your blessings.

Complete Jewish Bible
So let no one treat him with disrespect. Help him on his way in peace, so that he will return to me, for the brothers and I are expecting him.

English Standard Version
So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Let no man therefore despise him: but conuey him foorth in peace, that he may come vnto me: for I looke for him with the brethren.

George Lamsa Translation
Let no man therefore despise him: but escort him in peace, that he may come to me: for I wait for him with the brethren.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in shalom, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

International Standard Version
Therefore, no one should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me, because I am expecting him along with the brothers.Acts 15:33; 1 Timothy 4:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Wherefore let no man despise him, but conduct him in peace, that he may come to me; for I wait for him with the brethren.

Murdock Translation
Therefore, let no one despise him; but conduct him on in peace, that he may come to me; for I wait for him with the brethren.

New King James Version
Therefore let no one despise him. But send him on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren.

New Living Translation
Don't let anyone treat him with contempt. Send him on his way with your blessing when he returns to me. I expect him to come with the other believers.

New Life Bible
Everyone should respect him. Send him on his way to me in peace. I expect to see him and some of the other Christians soon.

English Revised Version
let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren.

New Revised Standard
therefore let no one despise him. Send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I am expecting him with the brothers.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let no one then despise him; and set ye him forward in peace, that he may come unto me, for I expect him with the brethren.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct ye him on his way in peace, that he may come to me. For I look for him with the brethren.

King James Version
Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore do not let anyone disdain him, but send him on his way in peace in order that he may come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let no man therfore despise hym, but conuay him foorth in peace, that he may come vnto me: for I loke for hym with the brethren.

Easy-to-Read Version
So none of you should refuse to accept Timothy. Help him continue on his trip in peace so that he can come back to me. I am expecting him to come back with the other brothers.

New American Standard Bible
So do not look down on him, anyone. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

Good News Translation
No one should look down on him, but you must help him continue his trip in peace, so that he will come back to me; for I am expecting him back with the believers.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor no man dispise hym; but lede ye hym forth in pees, that he come to me; for Y abide hym with britheren.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰If Timothy shows up, take good care of him. Make him feel completely at home among you. He works so hard for the Master, just as I do. Don't let anyone disparage him. After a while, send him on to me with your blessing. Tell him I'm expecting him, and any friends he has with him. ¹² About our friend Apollos, I've done my best to get him to pay you a visit, but haven't talked him into it yet. He doesn't think this is the right time. But there will be a "right time."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no: 1 Corinthians 16:10, Luke 10:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, 1 Timothy 4:12, Titus 2:15

but: 1 Corinthians 16:6, Acts 15:33, 3 John 1:6

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 3:15 - feared Matthew 18:10 - heed Acts 20:38 - and 1 Thessalonians 3:2 - our brother Titus 3:13 - on 3 John 1:8 - fellowhelpers

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.

Exodus 3:7
God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:9
"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."

1 Samuel 1:20
Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him."

Luke 1:13
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.

Luke 1:63
Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let no man therefore despise him,.... On account of his youth; see 1 Timothy 4:12, or neglect to take care of him, which would be to despise him, since he was employed in such an honourable work, equally as the apostle himself: hence it is manifest, that as the lives of Gospel ministers ought to be defended and secured by those to whom they minister, their persons ought to be treated with esteem and respect.

But conduct him forth in peace; when he takes his leave, wish him all happiness and prosperity, accompany him some part of the way in his journey, and provide things necessary for him; all which used to be done to such who laboured in the word and doctrine, and were counted worthy of double honour; and such an one Timothy was judged by the apostle to be:

that he may come unto me; at Ephesus, where he now was, in peace and safety, and relate to him the state and condition of the church; their steadfastness in the faith, their care of him, and the respect they had shown him; all which would be grateful to the apostle:

for I look for him with the brethren; that is, either the brethren that were with the apostle were in earnest expectation of him, together with himself; and so the Ethiopic version reads, "for our brethren with me have expected him"; or else that he looked for him along with the brethren, that either went with him, or should come with him from Corinth, being sent by the church.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let no man, therefore, despise him - Let no one despise him on account of his youth and inexperience. It is probable that some of the more wealthy and proud, some who valued themselves on their wisdom and experience, would be disposed to look upon him with contempt. On another occasion, he directed Timothy so to live as that no one should have occasion to despise him on account of his youth 1 Timothy 4:12; and he here urges on the Corinthians, that they should not despise him because be was a young man, and comparatively inexperienced. A minister of the gospel, though young, should receive the respect that is due to his office; and if he conducts himself in accordance with his high calling, his youth should be no barrier to the confidence and affection of even aged and experienced Christians. It should be rather a reason why they should treat him with affection, and encourage him in his work.

But conduct him forth in peace - That is, when he leaves you. Attend him on his way, and help him forward on his journey to me; see the note on 1 Corinthians 16:6.

For I look for him with the brethren - Erastus accompanied Timothy in this journey Acts 19:22, and probably there were others with him. Titus also had been sent to Corinth 2 Corinthians 12:17-18, and it is not improbable that Paul had desired Titus to bring with him to Ephesus some of the Corinthian brethren, as he might need their assistance there - Grotius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 16:11. Let no man - despise him — Let none pretend to say that he has not full authority from God to do the work of an evangelist.

But conduct him forth in peace — I believe, with Bp. Pearce, that this clause should be translated and pointed thus: accompany him upon his journey, that he may come unto me in peace, (εν ειρηνη, in safety,) as the word is used in Mark 5:34; and Luke 7:50.

For I look for him with the brethren. — Εκδεχομαι - αυτον μετα των αδελφων. This clause should not be understood as if Paul was expecting certain brethren with Timothy; but it was the brethren that were with Paul that were looking for him; I, with the brethren, am looking for him.