¹⁵ What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”

³ And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.

²¹ As he left, however, he said, “I will come back later,^[a] God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

¹⁰ One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.

⁷ This time I don’t want to make just a short visit and then go right on. I want to come and stay awhile, if the Lord will let me.

³² Then, by the will of God, I will be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and we will be an encouragement to each other.

¹⁹ But I will come—and soon—if the Lord lets me, and then I’ll find out whether these arrogant people just give pretentious speeches or whether they really have God’s power.

²⁵ Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the Lord sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle^[a] again. ²⁶ But if he is through with me, then let him do what seems best to him.”