Bible verse
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
1 Corinthians 16:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 16.
3 Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
4 And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.
5 After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.
6 Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
7 For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
8 But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
10 If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
11 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.
KJV
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
ASV
For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
ERV
For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
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