Acts 18:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Cor 4:19 : 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.
  • Jas 4:15 : 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.
  • Heb 6:3 : 3 Now we will do this, if God lets us.
  • Acts 20:16 : 16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
  • Rom 1:10 : 10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.
  • Rom 15:32 : 32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.
  • Acts 21:14 : 14 And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.
  • Deut 16:1 : 1 Take note of the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God: for in the month of Abib the Lord your God took you out of Egypt by night.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
  • Luke 9:61 : 61 And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
  • 1 Cor 16:7 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Phil 2:19-24 : 19 But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you. 20 For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you. 21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ. 22 But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news. 23 Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me: 24 But I have faith in the Lord that I myself will come before long.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 18:18-20
    3 verses
    83%

    18And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

    19And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

    20And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

  • Acts 18:22-23
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    79%

    22And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

    23And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

  • 1 Cor 16:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

    7For 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.

    8But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;

  • Acts 20:15-18
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    76%

    15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

    16For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

    17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

    18And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

  • Acts 21:1-7
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    1And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

    2And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it.

    3And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

    4And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

    5And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

    6We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.

    7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

  • Acts 19:21-22
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    74%

    21Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

    22And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

  • Acts 13:13
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    13Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 21:13-15
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    71%

    13Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

    14And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

    15And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 22:21
    70%

    21And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 20:1-3
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    70%

    1And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

    2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

    3And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

  • Rom 15:23-25
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    70%

    23But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

    24Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

    25But now I go to Jerusalem, taking help for the saints.

  • Acts 25:4
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    4But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
    70%

    16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • Acts 20:22
    69%

    22And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

  • Acts 20:13
    68%

    13But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
    68%

    18(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

  • Acts 20:25
    68%

    25And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

  • Acts 20:6
    68%

    6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

  • Acts 20:38
    68%

    38Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

  • 1 Cor 16:4
    68%

    4And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.

  • Rom 1:10
    68%

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

  • 2 Cor 2:1
    68%

    1But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

  • 1 Cor 16:12
    68%

    12But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

  • Acts 14:21
    67%

    21And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • Acts 15:36
    67%

    36And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • Acts 28:14
    67%

    14Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

  • Acts 27:25
    67%

    25And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

  • Acts 18:1
    67%

    1After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.