Acts 18:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ but on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ But when he was leaving them he said, I will return to you if God is willing, and he set sail from Ephesus.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

Common English Bible

²¹ As he said farewell to them, though, he added, “God willing, I will return.” Then he sailed off from Ephesus.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Instead, saying goodbye and telling them, "I will return to you again, God willing," he set out from Ephesus.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ But taking his leave, and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus.

Acts 18:21 Cross References

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

Mark 6:46

And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

Luke 9:61

Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”

Acts 15:29

that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”

Acts 18:19

And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself went into the synagogue and argued with the Jews.

Acts 18:20

When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined;

Acts 18:24

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

Acts 19:17

And this became known to all residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

Acts 19:21

Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

Acts 20:16

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

Acts 21:14

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “The will of the Lord be done.”

Acts 21:29

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

Romans 1:10

asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

Romans 15:32

so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

1 Corinthians 15:32

What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

1 Corinthians 16:7

For I do not want to see you now just in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

1 Corinthians 16:8

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are also faithful in Christ Jesus:

Deuteronomy 16:1

“Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover to the Lord your God; for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Hebrews 6:3

And this we will do if God permits.

James 4:15

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that.”

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God's will, than for doing wrong.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to La-odicea.”

Revelation 2:1

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.