1 Corinthians 4:19

God's will and calling God's power and sovereignty

¹⁷ For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

¹⁸ Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

²⁰ For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

²¹ What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
KJV: But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
WEB: But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
ASV: But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.
DARBY: but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.
BLB: But I will come to you⁺ shortly, if the Lord might will, and I will know not only the talk of those being puffed up, but the power.

ÅB: men jeg kommer snart til dere, om Herren vil, og får da lære å kjenne ikke ordene, men kraften hos dem som er oppblåst;
OTB: Men jeg vil komme til dere snart, hvis Herren tillater, og jeg skal finne ut, ikke ordene til de som er innbilske, men deres kraft.
B1930: men jeg kommer snart til eder, om Herren vil, og får da lære å kjenne ikke ordene, men kraften hos dem som er opblåst;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 13:1–4
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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Acts 18:21
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
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Acts 19:21
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
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1 Corinthians 11:34
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
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1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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1 Corinthians 4:18
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
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2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
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