Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination.
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.
- BSB Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever 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.
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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 15:3They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
- Rom 15:24whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
- 3 Jn 1:6–7They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,
- Acts 21:5When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
- Acts 17:15But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
- Titus 3:12When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
- 2 Cor 1:16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
- 1 Cor 16:11Therefore 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.
- Acts 27:12Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
- Acts 20:38sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
- Acts 28:11After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was “The Twin Brothers.”
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