I plan to see you when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you on my way there, and I hope you’ll help me get the rest of the way once we’ve had a good visit together.
So first I’m going to finish this task and make sure that the poor in Jerusalem receive this offering, and then I’ll go to Spain and visit you on my way.
The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had turned to God. This news made all the believers very glad.
I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then I was going to come back from there and see you again. After that you could have sent me on my way to Judea.
But when it was time to leave, we continued on our way. All the believers, including their whole families, went with us out of the city. There on the beach we all got down on our knees to pray.
After all this had happened, Paul decided to go over to Macedonia and Achaia and then on to Jerusalem. “And after I’ve been there,” he said, “I must also visit Rome.”