Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Corinthians 16:7 in English Standard Version "For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits." Ac 18:21 But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus. 1Co 4:19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 2Co 1:15 Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace. Jas 4:15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”