What Does 2 Corinthians 1:16 Mean in the King James?

And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.

2 Corinthians 1:16 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The Greek makes the Corinthians more than a stop: they are the ones who send him forward.

THE MEANING

Your movement has a relational shape: arrival, return, and being sent onward belong to one connected path. The people around you are not scenery; their support becomes part of the road ahead.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that your way forward is solely self-made: here, another community’s sending is part of the journey.

THE ROOT

προπεμφθῆναι

propemphthēnai

GROWS FROM

πέμπω

pempō

to send; with ⁨πρό⁩ (pro), to send ahead or forward

“to be brought on my way; to be sent forward” in this verse is propemphthēnai. The Corinthians are not merely where the route pauses; they actively send him onward. This sending verb gives “my way” a communal shape: the journey forward includes the people who help launch it.

ALSO GROWS

pempō: to send

πέμπω

The base verb names the sending carried forward in this verse’s longer form.

propempō: to send ahead; accompany someone on a journey

προπέμπω

This is the verb used here: sending someone forward can include the practical support and accompaniment of the journey.

ekpempō: to send out

ἐκπέμπω

This compound carries the same sending action outward, giving the shared act of sending a direction.

THE PATTERN

A journey becomes shared when others help send the traveler onward.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

Genesis 24:59 · KJVRebekah’s departure is shaped by the people who send her on her way.

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

Acts 15:3 · KJVThe church’s sending is part of the travelers’ movement through the next stretch of their journey.

Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

3 John 1:6 · KJVHelping travelers continue onward is presented as an expression of care.

THE THREAD

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

Acts 15:3 · KJV

“Brought on their way” translates the same Greek sending verb as “to be brought on my way” here. In both verses, a community’s support becomes part of how the travelers move forward.

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