The Great Mystery

¹⁴ These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;

²² But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for ^(A)I trust that ^(B)through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

³⁴ But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

¹⁴ but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face.

Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

John’s Farewell Greeting

^12 (A)Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, ^(B)that our joy may be full.

²³ Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.

¹³ Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to ^[a]doctrine.

¹⁸ Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but ^(A)Satan hindered us.

Sparing the Church

¹⁵ And in this confidence ^(A)I intended to come to you before, that you might have ^(B)a second benefit— ¹⁶ to pass by way of you to Macedonia, ^(C)to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. ¹⁷ Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan ^(D)according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No?

Personal Plans^(A)

⁵ Now I will come to you ^(B)when I pass through Macedonia (for I am passing through Macedonia). ⁶ And it may be that I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may ^(C)send me on my journey, wherever I go. ⁷ For I do not wish to see you now on the way; but I hope to stay a while with you, ^(D)if the Lord permits.