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Romans 15:30-32
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints;so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and relax in your company.
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Acts 18:21
but took leave of them and said,“ I will return to you again if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.
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Philemon 1:22
At the same time also prepare me a guest room, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you.
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James 4:15
Instead, you ought to say,“ If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”
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Acts 19:21
Now after these things were finished, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying,“ After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
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Hebrews 13:19
And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you more quickly.
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1 Thessalonians 3 10-1 Thessalonians 3 11
as we keep praying most earnestly night and day that we may see your faces, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you;
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1 Thessalonians 2 18
For we wanted to come to you— I, Paul, more than once— and Satan hindered us.
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Romans 15:22-24
For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you;but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to youwhenever I go to Spain— for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while—
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1 Corinthians 4 19
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant, but their power.
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Acts 21:14
And since he would not be persuaded, we became quiet, remarking,“ The will of the Lord be done!”
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Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Acts 27:1-28
Now when it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to turn Paul and some other prisoners over to a centurion of the Augustan cohort, named Julius.And we boarded an Adramyttian ship that was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, and put out to sea accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica.The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone;and with difficulty sailing past it, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul started admonishing them,saying to them,“ Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.The harbor was not suitable for wintering, so the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.When a moderate south wind came up, thinking that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, closer to shore.But before very long a violent wind, called Euraquilo, rushed down from the land;and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.Running under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, we were able to get the ship’s boat under control only with difficulty.After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and let themselves be driven along in this way.The next day as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo;and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was slowly abandoned.When many had lost their appetites, Paul then stood among them and said,“ Men, you should have followed my advice and not have set sail from Crete, and thereby spared yourselves this damage and loss.And yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom I also serve, came to me,saying,‘ Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has graciously granted you all those who are sailing with you.’Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.But we must run aground on a certain island.”But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were approaching some land.And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
