2 Corinthians 1:16
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New International Version (©2011)
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.

New Living Translation (©2007)
first on my way to Macedonia and again when I returned from Macedonia. Then you could send me on my way to Judea.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and to go on to Macedonia with your help, then come to you again from Macedonia and be given a start by you on my journey to Judea.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I planned to leave you in order to go to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea.

NET Bible (©2006)
and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And I shall pass by you to Macedonia and again from Macedonia I shall come to you and you will accompany me to Judea.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
My plans had been to go from the city of Corinth to the province of Macedonia. Then from Macedonia I had planned to return to you again in Corinth and have you support my trip to Judea.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be sent on my way toward Judea.

American King James Version
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.

American Standard Version
and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea.

Darby Bible Translation
and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.

English Revised Version
and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

Webster's Bible Translation
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea.

Weymouth New Testament
and to pass by way of Corinth into Macedonia. Then my plan was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward by you to Judaea.

World English Bible
and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

Young's Literal Translation
and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not resolve, but on careful thought; and they will not change unless for weighty reasons. Nothing can render God's promises more certain: his giving them through Christ, assures us they are his promises; as the wonders God wrought in the life, resurrection, and ascension of his Son, confirm faith. The Holy Spirit makes Christians firm in the faith of the gospel: the quickening of the Spirit is an earnest of everlasting life; and the comforts of the Spirit are an earnest of everlasting joy. The apostle desired to spare the blame he feared would be unavoidable, if he had gone to Corinth before he learned what effect his former letter produced. Our strength and ability are owing to faith; and our comfort and joy must flow from faith. The holy tempers and gracious fruits which attend faith, secure from delusion in so important a matter.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - To be brought on my way (see note on 1 Corinthians 16:6) toward Judaea (1 Corinthians 16:4-6).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And to pass by you into Macedonia,.... It was his first intention and determination to have come first to Corinth, and then to Macedonia, to have took this city in his way thither; which was an argument of his love to them, and his great desire to see them; since he might have gone, as he did, a nearer way to Macedonia, than by Corinth:

and to come again out of Macedonia to you; when he had gone through that, and done his business there unto the Corinthians; and after some stay with them,

of you to be brought on my way towards Judea; where he intended to go, with the collections he had made for the poor saints at Jerusalem, in the several churches in Asia; but though this was his first resolution, which he had signified either by letter, or messengers, yet he afterwards changed his mind, for some reasons within himself; it may be, having heard some things disagreeable of them, which he thought more convenient to acquaint them with in an epistle first, and to try what effect that would have upon them, before he came in person: that he changed his mind, appears from the former epistle, 1 Corinthians 16:5, where he says, "I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia"; and upon this account it is he excuses and vindicates himself in the following verse.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16. This intention of visiting them on the way to Macedonia, as well as after having passed through it, must have reached the ears of the Corinthians in some way or other—perhaps in the lost Epistle (1Co 4:18; 5:9). The sense comes out more clearly in the Greek order, "By you to pass into Macedonia, and from Macedonia to come again unto you."

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Paul's Change of Plans
…15And in this confidence I was minded to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit; 16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea. 17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yes yes, and no no? …

Acts 15:3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad.
Acts 19:21 After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. "After I have been there," he said, "I must visit Rome also."
Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord's people in Jerusalem.
1 Corinthians 16:5 After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you--for I will be going through Macedonia.
1 Corinthians 16:6 Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
1 Corinthians 16:11 No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.