²¹ But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you ^(A)if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

¹⁹ But ^(A)I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.

¹⁵ Instead you ought to say, ^(A)“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

³ And this we will do ^(A)if God permits.

³² so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and ^(A)be refreshed in your company.

¹⁰ always in my prayers, asking that somehow ^(A)by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

¹⁶ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening ^(A)to be at Jerusalem, if possible, ^(B)on the day of Pentecost.

¹⁷ For ^(A)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

¹⁹ I hope in the Lord Jesus ^(A)to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. ²⁰ For I have no one ^(B)like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. ²¹ For they all ^(C)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. ²² But you know Timothy's^{[a] (D)}proven worth, how ^(E)as a son^[b] with a father ^(F)he has served with me in the gospel. ²³ I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, ²⁴ and ^(G)I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

Final Greetings

¹¹ Finally, brothers,^[a] rejoice. ^(A)Aim for restoration, comfort one another,^{[b] (B)}agree with one another, ^(C)live in peace; and the God of love and ^(D)peace will be with you.