1 Corinthians 16:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

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  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
  • 1 Cor 3:22 : 22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
  • Titus 3:4 : 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,
  • Eccl 3:1 : 1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
  • Mark 6:21 : 21 And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
  • Acts 18:24-19:1 : 24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings. 25 This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism: 26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God. 27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace: 28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus. 1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

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  • 1 Cor 16:10-11
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    10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

    11 See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

  • Rom 15:22-24
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    22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

    23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

    24 Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

  • 1 Cor 16:3-8
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    3 And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

    4 And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.

    5 But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;

    6 But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

    7 For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

    8 But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;

  • Rom 1:13
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    13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

  • Acts 18:20-21
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    20 And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

    21 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • 1 Thess 2:17-18
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    17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

    18 For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.

  • 2 Tim 4:9
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    9 Do your best to come to me before long:

  • Phlm 1:15-16
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    15 For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;

    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

  • Rom 1:10-11
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    10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

    11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

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    1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • Acts 18:24
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    24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

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    12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis: for it is my purpose to be there for the winter.

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    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Acts 20:16
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    16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

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    6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

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    18 Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.

    19 But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

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    23 Our brother Timothy has been let out of prison; and if he comes here in a short time, he and I will come to you together.

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    13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

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    23 But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

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    32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

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    25 But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

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    23 Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:

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    4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

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    21 Do your best to come before the winter. Eubulus sends you his love, and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brothers.

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    1 Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

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    17 And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.

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    13 I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

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    1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

  • Acts 20:2
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    2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

  • 2 Cor 8:17
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    17 For while he gladly gave ear to our request, he was interested enough to go to you from the impulse of his heart.

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    14 Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

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    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,