Romans 1:10

American Standard Version (1901)

making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

πάντοτε ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν μου· ⋄Δεόμενος, εἴ πως ἤδη ποτὲ εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐν τῷ θελήματι τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

pantote epi the proseuchōn mou· Deomenos, ei pōs ēdē pote euodōthēsomai en the thelēmati the Theou elthein pros hymas.

Grammar Details

• *pantote*: adverb - always
• *epi*: preposition + genitive - in/at
• *proseuchōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - prayers
• *mou*: genitive, singular, personal pronoun - of me/my
• *Deomenos*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - asking/beseeching
• *ei*: conjunction - if
• *pōs*: adverb - somehow
• *ēdē*: adverb - now/already
• *pote*: particle - at some time/sometime
• *euodōthēsomai*: future passive indicative, 1st person singular - I will be prospered/successful
• *en*: preposition + dative - by
• *thelēmati*: dative, neuter, singular - will
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *elthein*: aorist active infinitive - to come
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to
• *hymas*: accusative, plural, personal pronoun - you

Word Meanings

• *Deomenos*: asking/beseeching/praying
• *euodōthēsomai*: I will be prospered/successful/find a way
• *thelēmati*: will/desire/purpose

Referenced Verses

• Acts 18:21 : 21 but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.
• Acts 19:21 : 21 Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed 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.
• Phil 4:6 : 6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
• 1 Thess 2:18 : 18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
• 1 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:
• Phlm 1:22 : 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted unto you.
• Heb 13:19 : 19 And I exhort [you] the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
• Jas 4:15 : 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
• Rom 15:22-24 : 22 Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you: 23 but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you, 24 whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)--
• Rom 15:30-32 : 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; 31 that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judaea, and [that] my ministration which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; 32 that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.
• 1 Cor 4:19 : 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.
• Acts 21:14 : 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
• Acts 27:1-9 : 1 And when 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. 2 And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself. 4 And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5 And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein. 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone; 8 and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. 9 And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them, 10 and said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives. 11 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter [there; which is] a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore. 14 But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo: 15 and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way [to it], and were driven. 16 And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat: 17 and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven. 18 And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the [the freight] overboard; 19 and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars shone upon [us] for many days, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was now taken away. 21 And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but [only] of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve, 24 saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me. 26 But we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the [sea of] Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country: 28 and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.