1 CORINTHIANS 16:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.”
Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity — Apollos (a faction-figure in 1:12) had declined immediate travel to Corinth but Paul assured the Corinthians he will visit eventually. The delicacy suggests Paul mediates between Apollos and the church.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:12
“But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren.” This man appears to have been both well-educated and also older than Timothy. Lest they should say then, “For what possible reason did he not send the man grown, but the youth instead of him?” observe how he softens down this point also, both calling him a brother, and saying that he had besought him much. For lest he should seem to have held Timothy in higher honor than him and to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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