1 Corinthians 4:19

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1 Corinthians 4:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.

18 Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

19 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.

20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

21 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

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1 Corinthians 14:5

I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

Acts 19:21

After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

2 Corinthians 1:15

Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

2 Corinthians 1:17

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?

2 Corinthians 1:23

I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 2:1

So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

Acts 18:21

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

Romans 15:32

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

Hebrews 6:3

And this we will do, if God permits.

James 4:15

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

1 Corinthians 4:18

Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

2 Corinthians 13:2

I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.