Acts 18:21

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but said farewell to them and added,“I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

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  • 1 Cor 4:19 : 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.
  • Jas 4:15 : 15 You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”
  • Heb 6:3 : 3 And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.
  • Acts 20:16 : 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to spend time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to arrive in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
  • Rom 1:10 : 10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.
  • Rom 15:32 : 32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
  • Acts 21:14 : 14 Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except,“The Lord’s will be done.”
  • Deut 16:1 : 1 The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
  • Luke 9:61 : 61 Yet another said,“I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 A Riot in Ephesus Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said,“After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.
  • 1 Cor 16:7 : 7 For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Final Exhortations and Greetings Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Phil 2:19-24 : 19 Models for Ministry Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you. 20 For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you. 21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel. 23 So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation, 24 though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you soon.

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    7For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

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    16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to spend time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to arrive in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

    17From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.

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    2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.

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    6we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.

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  • Acts 19:21-22
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