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 (KJV)

Then: Paul already knows the esteem of many Corinthians for Apollos. He doesn't need to spend a lot of time talking about him, but it is important that the Corinthians know about those plans too. Apollos plans to come at a convenient time.

Now: The sentence ends Paul's discussion about practical matters of travel. The interesting thing for today's believers is our chance to relate Paul's decisions about ministry and his knowledge of Christ, and his teachings about them to the real world. We can evaluate what worked, what didn't, and consider why. We evaluate how to match his goals with our efforts in teaching Christ. At the same time, learning about Paul reflects how God sent us his Son. He too is anchored in a specifc time and what he teaches makes sense for us today just as much as it did for those in first century. Christ is nont a metaphysical, shadowy, New Age kind of concept. He is real - showing us the way to love God and love others.