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.
This intention of visiting them on the way to Macedonia, as well as after having passed through it, must have reached the Corinthians in some way or other-perhaps in the lost letter (1 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 5:9). The sense comes out more clearly in the Greek order, 'By you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you.'