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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.

As {G1161} touching {G4012} our brother {G80} Apollos {G625}, I {G3870} greatly {G4183} desired {G3870} him {G846} to {G2443} come {G2064} unto {G4314} you {G5209} with {G3326} the brethren {G80}: but {G2532} his will {G2307} was {G2258} not {G3756} at all {G3843} to {G2443} come {G2064} at this {G3568} time; but {G1161} he will come {G2064} when {G3752} he shall have convenient time {G2119}.

As for brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to go and visit you along with the other brothers; and although it was not at all his desire to come at this time, he will come when he has the opportunity.

Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.

But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not at all his will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 1:12 (4 votes)

    Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:5 (3 votes)

    ¶ Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

  • 1 Corinthians 3:22 (2 votes)

    Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

  • Acts 18:24 (2 votes)

    ¶ And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

  • Acts 19:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

  • Titus 3:4 (2 votes)

    But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1 (1 votes)

    ¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: