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

³⁰ I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^(A)the love of the Spirit, ^(B)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, ^31 (C)that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that ^(D)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, ³² so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and ^(E)be refreshed in your company.

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

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

²² At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for ^(A)I am hoping that ^(B)through your prayers ^(C)I will be graciously given to you.

¹⁹ I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order ^(A)that I may be restored to you the sooner.

¹⁰ as we pray most earnestly ^(A)night and day ^(B)that we may see you face to face and ^(C)supply what is lacking in your faith?

¹¹ Now may ^(D)our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, ^(E)direct our way to you,

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

Paul's Plan to Visit Rome

²² This is the reason why ^(A)I have so often been hindered from coming to you. ²³ But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and ^(B)since I have longed for many years to come to you, ²⁴ I hope to see you in passing as I go ^(C)to Spain, and ^(D)to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.

A Riot at Ephesus

²¹ Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit ^(A)to pass through ^(B)Macedonia and Achaia and ^(C)go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, ^(D)I must also see Rome.”