But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
And this we will do if God permits.
so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
“Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
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