Acts 18:21

New International Reader's Version

As he left, he made them a promise. “If God wants me to,” he said, “I will come back.” Then he sailed from Ephesus.

Cross References

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther. Then he fell with his face to the ground. He prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering away from me. But let what you want be done, not what I want.”

Mark 6:46

After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

Luke 9:61

Still another person said, “I will follow you, Lord. But first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”

Acts 15:29

Don’t eat food that has been offered to statues of gods. Don’t drink blood. Don’t eat the meat of animals that have been choked to death. And don’t commit sexual sins. You will do well to keep away from these things. Farewell.

Acts 18:19

They arrived at Ephesus. There Paul said goodbye to Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and talked with the Jews.

Acts 18:20

The Jews asked him to spend more time with them. But he said no.

Acts 18:24

At that time a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was an educated man from Alexandria. He knew the Scriptures very well.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road to Ephesus. When he arrived, he found some believers there.

Acts 19:17

The Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus heard about this. They were all overcome with fear. They held the name of the Lord Jesus in high honor.

Acts 19:21

After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem. He went through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been to Jerusalem,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”

Acts 20:16

Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus. He didn’t want to spend time in Asia Minor. He was in a hurry to get to Jerusalem. If he could, he wanted to be there by the day of Pentecost.

Acts 21:14

We couldn’t change his mind. So we gave up. We said, “May what the Lord wants to happen be done.”

Acts 21:29

They said this because they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul. They thought Paul had brought him into the temple.

Romans 1:10

in my prayers. I pray that now at last it may be God’s plan to open the way for me to visit you.

Romans 15:32

Then I will come to you with joy just as God has planned. We will be renewed by being together.

1 Corinthians 15:32

Did I fight wild animals in Ephesus with nothing more than human hopes? Then what have I gotten for it? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.” (Isaiah 22:13)

1 Corinthians 16:7

I don’t want to see you now while I am just passing through. Instead, I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows it.

1 Corinthians 16:8

But I will stay at Ephesus until the day of Pentecost.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come very soon, if that’s what the Lord wants. Then I will find out how those proud people are talking. I will also find out what power they have.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, be joyful! Work to make things right with one another. Help one another and agree with one another. Live in peace. And the God who gives love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 1:1

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. I am sending this letter to you, God’s holy people in Ephesus. Because you belong to Christ Jesus, you are faithful.

Deuteronomy 16:1

Celebrate the Passover Feast of the Lord your God in the month of Aviv. In that month he brought you out of Egypt at night.

Hebrews 6:3

If God permits, we will go beyond those teachings and grow up.

James 4:15

Instead, you should say, “If it pleases the Lord, we will live and do this or that.”

1 Peter 3:17

God may want you to suffer for doing good. That’s better than suffering for doing evil.

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write on a scroll what you see. Send it to the seven churches in Asia Minor. They are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

Revelation 2:1

“Here is what I command you to write to the church in Ephesus. Here are the words of Jesus, who holds the seven stars in his right hand. He also walks among the seven golden lampstands. He says,