²⁴ I plan to do so when I go to Spain.^(A) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist^(B) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

²⁸ So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain^(A) and visit you on the way.

¹² that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

³ The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia^(A) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.^(B) This news made all the believers very glad.

¹⁶ I wanted to visit you on my way^(A) to Macedonia^(B) and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way^(C) to Judea.^(D)

Personal Requests

⁵ After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you^(A)—for I will be going through Macedonia.^{(B) 6} Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey,^(C) wherever I go. ⁷ For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.^(D)

⁵ When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.^(A)

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)

⁶ They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way^(A) in a manner that honors^(B) God.