One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.

在祷告之间常常恳求，或者照神的旨意，终能得平坦的道路往你们那里去。

在我的祷告中常常恳求，或许照上帝的旨意，最终我能毫无阻碍地往你们那里去。

在我的祷告中常常恳求，或许照神的旨意，最终我能毫无阻碍地往你们那里去。

常常在祷告中恳切祈求，也许我可以照着他的旨意，终于能够顺利地到你们那里去。

在我的祷告中总是祈求，或许可以照着神的旨意，终有一天能顺利地到你们那里去；

在禱告之間常常懇求，或者照神的旨意，終能得平坦的道路往你們那裏去。

在我的禱告中常常懇求，或許照上帝的旨意，最終我能毫無阻礙地往你們那裏去。

在我的禱告中常常懇求，或許照神的旨意，最終我能毫無阻礙地往你們那裏去。

常常在禱告中懇切祈求，也許我可以照著他的旨意，終於能夠順利地到你們那裡去。

怎樣在禱告中常常祈求，或者照上帝的旨意、不久終能成功、往你們那裏去。

在我的禱告中總是祈求，或許可以照著神的旨意，終有一天能順利地到你們那裡去；

祈禱間、所恆求者、庶依上帝旨、終得坦途就爾、

祈禱間常求上帝、賜我坦途、終能就爾、

祈禱間常求天主、或能循天主之旨、終得坦途以就爾、

常求天主賜以坦途、俾得早日就爾；全知天主、實鑒吾誠。

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

in my prayers. I pray that now at last it may be God’s plan to open the way for me to visit you.

always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.

making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.

making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to 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.

and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the believers there will be willing to accept the donation I am taking to Jerusalem.Then, by the will of God, I will be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and we will be an encouragement to each other.

As he left, however, he said,“ I will come back later, God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

One more thing— please prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that God will answer your prayers and let me return to you soon.

What you ought to say is,“ If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”

Afterward Paul felt compelled by the Spirit to go over to Macedonia and Achaia before going to Jerusalem.“ And after that,” he said,“ I must go on to Rome!”

And especially pray that I will be able to come back to you soon.

Night and day we pray earnestly for you, asking God to let us see you again to fill the gaps in your faith.May God our Father and our Lord Jesus bring us to you very soon.

We wanted very much to come to you, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.

In fact, my visit to you has been delayed so long because I have been preaching in these places.But now I have finished my work in these regions, and after all these long years of waiting, I am eager to visit you.I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome. And after I have enjoyed your fellowship for a little while, you can provide for my journey.

But I will come— and soon— if the Lord lets me, and then I’ll find out whether these arrogant people just give pretentious speeches or whether they really have God’s power.

When it was clear that we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said,“ The Lord’s will be done.”

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of a Roman officer named Julius, a captain of the Imperial Regiment.Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was also with us. We left on a ship whose home port was Adramyttium on the northwest coast of the province of Asia; it was scheduled to make several stops at ports along the coast of the province.The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs.Putting out to sea from there, we encountered strong headwinds that made it difficult to keep the ship on course, so we sailed north of Cyprus between the island and the mainland.Keeping to the open sea, we passed along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, landing at Myra, in the province of Lycia.There the commanding officer found an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy, and he put us on board.We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed across to Crete and along the sheltered coast of the island, past the cape of Salmone.We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall, and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it.“ Men,” he said,“ I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on— shipwreck, loss of cargo, and danger to our lives as well.”But the officer in charge of the prisoners listened more to the ship’s captain and the owner than to Paul.And since Fair Havens was an exposed harbor— a poor place to spend the winter— most of the crew wanted to go on to Phoenix, farther up the coast of Crete, and spend the winter there. Phoenix was a good harbor with only a southwest and northwest exposure.When a light wind began blowing from the south, the sailors thought they could make it. So they pulled up anchor and sailed close to the shore of Crete.But the weather changed abruptly, and a wind of typhoon strength( called a“ northeaster”) burst across the island and blew us out to sea.The sailors couldn’t turn the ship into the wind, so they gave up and let it run before the gale.We sailed along the sheltered side of a small island named Cauda, where with great difficulty we hoisted aboard the lifeboat being towed behind us.Then the sailors bound ropes around the hull of the ship to strengthen it. They were afraid of being driven across to the sandbars of Syrtis off the African coast, so they lowered the sea anchor to slow the ship and were driven before the wind.The next day, as gale force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard.The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard.The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said,“ Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down.For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,and he said,‘ Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven across the Sea of Adria, the sailors sensed land was near.They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.