1 Corinthians 16:12
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 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.
Paul and Apollos were in complete unity and perfect harmony with each other. Paul greatly desired and strongly urged Apollos to go back to visit the believers at Corinth with the brethren. Apollos declined to come at that time because the church at Corinth was torn by dissension and division. His refusal reflected his disappointment and grief over that dissension.
He would take no advantage of the preference some showed for him, and he refused to encourage rivalry and factionalism. Instead he withdrew and hastily left the field of strife and contention. He did not labor in Corinth again until much later, long afterward, after the spiritual condition of the church had improved and it had reached a better spiritual state.