But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
An emphatic negation of their supposition (1 Corinthians 4:18).
Shortly - after Pentecost (1 Corinthians 16:8).
If the Lord will - a wise proviso (James 4:15). He does not seem to have been able to go as soon as he intended.
And will know - take cognizance of.
But the power. I care not for their high sounding "speech;" what I desire to know is, whether they be really powerful in the Spirit, or not. A predominant feature of Grecian character was a love for power of discourse, rather than of godliness.