1 Corinthians 16:5

Contextual Overview

⁵After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia.⁵ After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia. ⁵I'm thinking about going through Macedonia and then on to y'all. ⁵ But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia;⁵But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia; ⁵ But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose; ⁵ But I will come to you when I shall have gone through Macedonia; for I do go through Macedonia. ⁵ I will come to you after I pass through Macedonia—for I will be traveling through Macedonia— ⁵ But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia. ⁵ Now I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia,

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when: Acts 19:21, Acts 20:1-3, 2 Corinthians 1:15-17

Reciprocal: Romans 15:24 - if 1 Corinthians 11:34 - when 2 Corinthians 1:16 - and to come 2 Corinthians 7:5 - when 2 Corinthians 12:14 - the third 1 Timothy 3:14 - hoping 2 John 1:12 - I trust

Cross-References

Genesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."

Genesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."

Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild donkey of a man,His hand will be against everyone,And everyone's hand will be against him;And he will dwell in the face of all his brothers."

Genesis 16:12
"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."

Genesis 16:12
He also wyll be a wylde man, and his hande wyll be agaynst euery man, and euery mans hande against hym: and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Genesis 16:12
Ishmael will be wild and free like a wild donkey. He will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will move from place to place and camp near his brothers."

Genesis 16:12
He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."

Genesis 16:12
this schal be a wielde man; his hond schal be ayens alle men, and the hondis of alle men schulen be ayens him; and he schal sette tabernaclis euene ayens alle his britheren.

Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wilde man; his hand will be against euery man, and euery mans hand against him: & he shal dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now I will come unto you,.... Which he again assures them of, as being his real intention and design; though some had given out that he would not come to them any more, and hoped they should never see him any more; see 1 Corinthians 4:18.

When I shall pass through Macedonia; hereby fixing the time when he intended to visit them after he had gone through that country, and had received their collections for the saints at Jerusalem, which the churches there so generously made, and pressed him to the ministering of, of which he speaks in his next epistle.

For I do pass through Macedonia; not that he was then passing through Macedonia, or was in it, and so at Philippi, from whence this epistle is said to be written, as the subscription at the end of it expresses, for he was now at Ephesus; see 1 Corinthians 16:8 and from thence was this epistle written; he was not in Macedonia till some time after, see 2 Corinthians 2:12 but the sense is, that he should take his tour through Macedonia; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "for I shall pass through Macedonia"; and so coming into Greece, he intended to come to Corinth, and stay some time with them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now I will come unto you - I purpose to come unto you. He had expected to see them on his way to Macedonia, but, on some account, had been induced to abandon that design. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 1:15-17.

When I shall pass through Macedonia - When I shall have passed through Macedonia. He proposed to go to Macedonia first, and, having passed through that country, visiting the churches, to go to Corinth. For the situation of Macedonia, see the notes at Acts 16:9.

For I do pass through Macedonia - I design to do it. It is my present intention. Though he had abandoned, from some cause, the design of passing through Corinth on his way to Macedonia, yet he had not given up the design itself. It was still his intention to go there.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 16:5. I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia — St. Paul was now at Ephesus; for almost all allow, in opposition to the subscription at the end of this epistle that states it to have been written from Philippi, that it was written from Ephesus: and this is supported by many strong arguments; and the 8th verse here seems to put it past all question: I will tarry at Ephesus; i.e. I am in Ephesus, and here I purpose to remain until pentecost. Though Macedonia was not in the direct way from Ephesus to Corinth, yet the apostle intended to make it in his way. And it was because it was not in the direct road, but lay at the upper end of the AEgean Sea, and very far out of his direct line, that he says, I do pass through Macedonia-I have purposed to go thither before I go to Corinth.