1Cor 4:19 | JFB | STEP | 19. ALFORD translates, "But come I will"; an emphatical negation of their supposition ( ). shortly —after Pentecost ( ). if the Lord will —a wise proviso ( ). He does not seem to have been able to go as soon as he intended. and will know —take cognizance of. but the power —I care not for their high-sounding "speech," "but" what I desire to know is "their power," whether they be really powerful in the Spirit, or not. The predominant feature of Grecian character, a love for power of discourse, rather than that of godliness, showed itself at Corinth.

1 Corinthians 4:19

19. ALFORD translates, "But come I will"; an emphatical negation of their supposition (1Co 4:18).

shortly—after Pentecost (1Co 16:8).

if the Lord will—a wise proviso (Jas 4:15). He does not seem to have been able to go as soon as he intended.

and will know—take cognizance of.

but the power—I care not for their high-sounding "speech," "but" what I desire to know is "their power," whether they be really powerful in the Spirit, or not. The predominant feature of Grecian character, a love for power of discourse, rather than that of godliness, showed itself at Corinth.