requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
Parallel translations
- KJV Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
- BSB in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
- NKJV making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.
- NASB always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.
- NLT One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Rom 15:30–32Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
- Acts 18:21but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.
- Phlm 1:22Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
- Jas 4:15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
- 1 Th 3:10–11night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
- 1 Th 2:18because we wanted to come to you — indeed, I, Paul, once and again — but Satan hindered us.
- Phil 4:6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Rom 15:22–24Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
- Acts 19:21Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
- Heb 13:19I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.
- 1 Cor 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
- Acts 21:14When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
- Acts 27:1–28When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
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