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1 Corinthians 4:19

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.

KJV

ἐλεύσομαι δὲ ταχέως πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ, καὶ γνώσομαι οὐ τὸν λόγον τῶν πεφυσιωμένων ἀλλὰ τὴν δύναμιν,

Greek NT

Veniam autem ad vos cito, si Dominus voluerit : et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt, sed virtutem.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ταχέως
tacheos
adverb · 10×
φυσιόω
phusioo
verb · 7×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. What then, I ask, did you give order about? On the first day of the week, that is, the Lord's day, let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper. Mark how he exhorts them even from the time: for indeed the day was enough to lead them to almsgiving. Wherefore call to mind, says he, what ye attained to on this day: how all the unutterable blessings, and that which…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 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:
  • 1Cor 4:18 — Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
  • 1Cor 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.
  • 1Cor 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.
  • 1Cor 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.
  • 1Cor 16:5 — Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
  • 1Cor 16:7 — For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
  • 2Cor 1:15 — And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
  • 2Cor 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
  • 2Cor 13:1 — This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
  • 2Cor 13:2 — I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Heb 6:3 — And this will we do, if God permit.
  • Heb 6:3 — And this will we do, if God permit.
  • Jas 4:15 — For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
  • Rom 15:32 — That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.