Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
Parallel translations
- WEB But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.
- KJV And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
- NKJV And it may be that I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may send me on my journey, wherever I go.
- NASB and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I go.
- NLT Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination.
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Quick answer
Paul hopes to stay with them, perhaps for the winter, and be helped on his way. It matters because it reflects warm partnership between the apostle and the church.
Overview
Paul expresses hope for an extended stay, even wintering at Corinth, and being sent on with their support. This mutual fellowship shows the bonds of love and cooperation in gospel work. His plans depend on the church's partnership in his ongoing mission.
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Cross-references · 11
- Acts 15:3Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
- Rom 15:24I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
- 3 Jn 1:6–7They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
- Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
- Acts 17:15Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
- Titus 3:12As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
- 2 Cor 1:16I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
- 1 Cor 16:11No 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.
- Acts 27:12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- Acts 20:38They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
- Acts 28:11After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
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