1 Corinthians 16:7

New Century Version

I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it.

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But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you again if God wants me to.” And so he sailed away from Ephesus.

So you should say, “If the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that.”

But I will come to you very soon if the Lord wishes. Then I will know what the proud ones do, not what they say,

I was so sure of all this that I made plans to visit you first so you could be blessed twice.

every time I pray. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you, and this will happen if God wants it.

Lord, I know that our lives don’t really belong to us. We can’t control our own lives.

People can make all kinds of plans, but only the Lord’s plan will happen.

Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are God’s will.” So John agreed to baptize Jesus.