1 CORINTHIANS 16:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.”
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 — Paul anticipates extended presence and requests material support for ongoing travel. Winter travel was difficult; hospitality becomes crucial.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:6
“But with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter.” For I do not at all wish to take you merely in my way, but to continue among you and spend some time. For when he wrote this letter, he was in Ephesus, and it was winter; as you may know by his saying, “Until Pentecost I will tarry at Ephesus; but after this I shall go away to Macedonia, and after having gone through it, I will be with you in the summer; and perhaps I shall even spend the winter with you.” And why…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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