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1 Corinthians 16:6

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.

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,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.
WEB
But with you it may be that I will stay with you, or even winter with you, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.
ASV
but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go.
DARBY
But perhaps I will stay with you, or even winter with you, that *ye* may set me forward wheresoever I may go.
BLB
And perhaps I will stay with you⁺, or even I will winter, so that you⁺ may send me forth wherever I may go.
ÅB
men hos dere blir jeg kan hende en tid, eller endog vinteren over, for at jeg kan få følge av dere dit jeg siden skal reise.
OTB
Og det er mulig at jeg blir hos dere, eller til og med tilbringer vinteren, slik at dere kan hjelpe meg på min reise, hvor jeg enn drar.
B1930
men hos eder blir jeg kan hende nogen tid, eller endog vinteren over, forat jeg kan få følge av eder dit jeg siden skal reise.

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  • Acts 15:3

    Sent 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.

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  • Romans 15:24

    I 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.

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  • 3 John 1:6–7

    They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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  • Acts 27:12

    Since 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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:16

    I 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.

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  • Acts 20:38

    They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:11

    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.

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  • Acts 21:5

    But 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.

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