Romans 1:10
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in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
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Making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come to you--Though long anxious to visit the capital, he met with a number of providential hindrances (Rom 1:13; Rom 15:22; and see on Act 19:21; Act 23:11; Act 28:15); insomuch that nearly a quarter of a century elapsed, after his conversion, ere his desire was accomplished, and that only as "a prisoner of Jesus Christ." Thus taught that his whole future was in the hands of God, he makes it his continual prayer that at length the obstacles to a happy and prosperous meeting might be removed.
Open source ↗In this chapter we may observe, I. The preface and introduction to the whole epistle, to Rom 1:16. II. A description of the deplorable condition of the Gentile world, which begins the proof of the doctrine of justification by faith, here laid down at Rom 1:17. The first is according to the then usual formality of a letter, but intermixed with very excellent and savoury expressions.
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But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.