1 Corinthians 4:19
Verse 19 of 21. The 4th of 16 chapters in 1 Corinthians, in The Letters of Paul.
15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17For 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.
18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19But 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.
20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Corinthians 4:19 in the World English Bible
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.Read 1 Corinthians 4:19 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:19
He lets them know what would follow upon his coming to them: I will know, not the speech of those that are puffed up, but the power, v. 19. He would bring the great pretenders among them to a trial, would know what they were, not by their rhetoric or philosophy, but by the authority and efficacy of what they taught, whether they could confirm it by miraculous operations, and whether it was accompanied with divine influences and saving effects…
Read Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:17–21: Paul's Affection and Authority. (a. d. 57.)
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