Romans 1:10

Whenever I pray to him, I ask him that, if he agrees, he will let me come and see you soon.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9I pray to God all the time, and I ask him to help you. That’s true. God knows it’s true. I work hard for God, I tell everyone the good news about his son.

11I have been waiting for a long time. I really want to see you. I want to help you get more power from God to make you strong.

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Cross References

Acts 21:14Then we knew that Paul wouldn’t listen to us, so we stopped trying to tell him not to go to Jerusalem. We just said, “All right. We want our leader, Jesus, to do whatever he wants to do.”

1 Corinthians 4:19But you are wrong. I want to go back and visit you. So if our leader Jesus wants me to, I will do that soon. And then I will find out if you really have God’s power, or if you are just talking.

1 Thessalonians 2:18I, Paul, tried to go back lots of times, but Satan, the boss over the bad spirits, he stopped me every time.

Philemon 1:22Now I will tell you a bit about myself. I know that you mob are praying for me at this time, so I reckon they will soon let me go out of this jail. Then I will come and visit you again. So get a place ready for me to live in while I stay with you.

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:9-16

Paul's Love to the Roman Christians. ( a. d. 58.) 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye… Read the whole commentary →

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