³ And we will do^[a] this, if God permits.

⁷ I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

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

¹⁹ But 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.^(A)

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

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