1 Corinthians 16:7

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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Many are the plans of the human heart, but it is the decision of the Lord that endures.

I know, Lord, that no one chooses their way, Nor determines their course nor directs their own step.

Jesus said to him in reply, “Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

but as he said farewell he promised, “I shall come back to you again, God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

always asking in my prayers that somehow by God’s will I may at last find my way clear to come to you.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I shall ascertain not the talk of these inflated people but their power.

With this confidence I formerly intended to come to you so that you might receive a double favor,

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