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What does 1 Corinthians 16:6 mean?
"But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go."
— 1 Corinthians 16:6 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.
If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.
But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.
But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.
For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Explanation
This verse comes at the close of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, in a section where he shifts from doctrine and correction to practical travel plans. In plain language, Paul is telling the Corinthian believers that he hopes to visit them, and that his stay might not be brief — he may even spend the winter with them. His purpose in staying is so that they can "send him on his journey," a common phrase in the ancient world meaning to provide for a traveler's needs: food, money, companions, or whatever else was necessary for a safe journey to his next destination.
The context is important. Paul had written earlier in the letter (16:5) that he planned to pass through Macedonia first, and only after that would he come to Corinth. This ver
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