That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; {Greatly...: or, remembering thy tears, I greatly desire to see thee that}

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

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.

After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but {this} one thing {I do}, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,