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.

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

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

³ Now we will do this, if God lets us.

³⁷ Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?

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

³² So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

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.

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.

²⁵ And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

²⁶ But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.