⁷ For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

²¹ And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

¹⁹ But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

²¹ A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

²³ O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

¹⁰ And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

¹⁵ And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

¹⁵ But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.