I do not care about seeing you at this moment merely in the by-going; my hope is to stay among you for some time, with the Lord's permission.
he said goodbye to them, telling them, "I will come back to you, if it is the will of God." Then, sailing from Ephesus,
You ought rather to say, "If the Lord will, we shall live to do this or that."
I will come to you before long, if the Lord wills, and then I will find out from these puffed up creatures not what their talk but what their power amounts to.
Relying on this I meant to visit you first, to let you have a double delight;
asking if I may at last be sped upon my way to you by God's will.
But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.