1 Corinthians 16:7

New English Translation

For 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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There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

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

and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

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.

And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

You ought to say instead, “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”