Going a little further, he fell face down and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.’
Acts 18:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised but he said farewell and added, ‘I’ll come back to you again, if God wills.’ Then he set sail from Ephesus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when he was leaving them he said, I will return to you if God is willing, and he set sail from Ephesus. American Standard Version (1901) but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus. Common English Bible As he said farewell to them, though, he added, “God willing, I will return.” Then he sailed off from Ephesus. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, saying goodbye and telling them, "I will return to you again, God willing," he set out from Ephesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But taking his leave, and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus. |
Going a little further, he fell face down and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.’
Another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say goodbye to those at my house.’
that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.’
When they reached Ephesus he left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and debated with the Jews.
Now a Jew named Apollos, a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was competent in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus.
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul travelled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples
When this became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, they became afraid, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high esteem.
After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. ‘After I’ve been there,’ he said, ‘it is necessary for me to see Rome as well.’
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.
Since he would not be persuaded, we said no more except, ‘The Lord’s will be done.’
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
and that, by God’s will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus as a mere man, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ,
I don’t want to see you now just in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk, but the power of those who are arrogant.
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. ,
‘Set aside the month of Abib , and observe the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib.
Instead, you should say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
saying, ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’
‘Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands: