Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

²³ But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,^(A)

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

²⁹ I know that when I come to you,^(A) I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

¹⁰ in my prayers at all times;^(A) and I pray that now at last by God’s will^(B) the way may be opened for me to come to you.^(C)

¹¹ I long to see you^(D) so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift^(E) to make you strong— ¹² that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

²¹ After all this had happened, Paul decided^[a] to go to Jerusalem,^(A) passing through Macedonia^(B) and Achaia.^(C) “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”^(D)

⁴ Recalling your tears,^(A) I long to see you,^(B) so that I may be filled with joy.

¹⁰ Night and day we pray^(A) most earnestly that we may see you again^(B) and supply what is lacking in your faith.