Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
Paul intended to travel to the believers at Corinth only after first going through Macedonia, so that region lay directly on his projected route to them. The coming was not set for at once but was kept as a forward-looking purpose, with an interval between forming the plan and fulfilling it. His expectation embraced a stay at Corinth as the outcome of that Macedonian journey rather than an immediate arrival.
Paul intended to travel to the believers at Corinth only after first going through Macedonia, so that region lay directly on his projected route to them. The coming was not set for at once but was kept as a forward-looking purpose, with an interval between forming the plan and fulfilling it. His expectation embraced a stay at Corinth as the outcome of that Macedonian journey rather than an immediate arrival.