Romans 1:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to 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 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.
• 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.
• Phil 4:6 : 6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
• 1 Thess 2:18 : 18 For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.
• 1 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete. 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
• Phlm 1:22 : 22 And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.
• Heb 13:19 : 19 I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.
• 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.
• Rom 15:22-24 : 22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you: 23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you, 24 Whenever 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)--
• Rom 15:30-32 : 30 Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me; 31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints; 32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.
• 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.
• Acts 21:14 : 14 And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.
• Acts 27:1-9 : 1 And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band. 2 And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest. 4 And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us. 5 And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia. 6 And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it. 7 And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone; 8 And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea. 9 And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them, 10 Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves. 11 But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. 12 And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east. 13 And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land. 14 But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force. 15 And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it. 16 And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe: 17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind. 18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship; 19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side. 20 And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone. 21 And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss. 22 But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship. 23 For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am, 24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you. 25 And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me. 26 But we will be sent on to a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land; 28 And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.