Romans 1:10
Making request, vif by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
εἴπως ἤδη ποτὲ εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐν τῷ θελήματι τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
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Romans 15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
Romans 15:32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
1 Thessalonians 2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
James 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
this was one thing he requested of God, that what he had long desired and designed might happily (if it seemed good in God’s sight) be at last accomplished, that he might come in person to them. This desire of Paul to see the Romans might be one cause of that appeal which he made to Rome, Act 25:10,11,
he adds this, because, in publishing the gospel, he followed the order which God, by his Spirit, prescribed him: see Act 16:7,9,10.