Acts 18:21

WEB

²¹but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

KJV

²¹But 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.

BSB

²¹But as he left, he said, “I will come back ^[+] to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

FBV

²¹He said his goodbyes, and set sail from Ephesus, telling them, “I'll come back and see you if it's God's will.”

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Extra References

1 Corinthians 4:19

¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

James 4:15

¹⁵For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

Romans 1:10

¹⁰requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Romans 15:32

³²that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

Acts 20:16

¹⁶For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

Deuteronomy 16:1

¹Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the LORD your God; for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Matthew 26:39

³⁹He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

2 Corinthians 13:11

¹¹Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing. ²⁰For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. ²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. ²²But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News. ²³Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me. ²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.