1st Corinthians Chapter 16 verse 5 Holy Bible
But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;
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But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;
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But I will come to you when I shall have gone through Macedonia; for I do go through Macedonia.
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Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
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But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.
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And I will come unto you, when I pass through Macedonia -- for Macedonia I do pass through --
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - When I shall pass through Macedonia; rather, when 1 have passed through Macedonia. For I do pass through Macedonia; rather, for 1 mean to pass through Macedonia. We learn from 2 Corinthians 1:15, 16, that it had been St. Paul's intention to sail from Ephesus to Corinth, thence, after a brief stay, to proceed to Macedonia, and on his return to come again for a longer stay at Corinth on his way to Judaea. He had in an Epistle, now lost (see 1 Corinthians 5:9), announced to them this intention, he changed his plan because, in the present disgraceful state of disorganization into which the Church had fallen, he felt that he could not visit them without being compelled to exercise a severity which, he hoped, might be obviated by writing to them and delaying his intended visit. Nothing but his usual delicacy and desire to spare them prevented him from stating all this more fully (2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1). Mistaking the kindness of his purpose, the Corinthians accused him of levity. He defends himself from this charge in the Second Epistle, and he carried out the plan which he here announces (2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Corinthians 9:2, 4; 2 Corinthians 12:14; 2 Corinthians 13:1).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) For I do pass through Macedonia.--A misrepresentation of these words gives rise to the incorrect statement that this Epistle was written at Philippi, which is to be found in the subscription at the end of this chapter in our English Bible. The Apostle does not here refer to where he is at the moment of writing, but to his intention regarding his journey. He had intended to go first to Corinth (see 2Corinthians 1:15-16), but he has altered that plan, and says that his intention now is to pass through Macedonia first, and then visit Corinth. Then he says, "For I do pass through Macedonia." To this intention the Apostle adheres. (See Introduction.)
