ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 16 v12

NOT HIS WILL TO COME NOW. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: Apollos was the bishop of Corinth, but he had left the church on account of its divisions and gone to be with Paul. He would not go back with the letter, because he did not want to return until the divisions were healed. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

APOLLOS WILL COME LATER. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is hinting that Apollos did not want to go to Corinth because the church there was divided, in the hope that when they heard this they would be eager to make peace. Apollos would come when the church reached agreement. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE TIME NOT YET RIGHT. CHRYSOSTOM: Apollos was probably older than Timothy, and some at Corinth may have wondered why Paul did not send him instead. Therefore, Paul reassures them by calling Apollos his brother and by saying that he did try to encourage him to go, but he did not want to at that particular point. Paul did not mean to criticize Apollos when he said this. He merely meant that the time was not right for him to come. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 44.1.

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