Acts 18:21

18:21 but said farewell to ¹  them and added, ²  “I will come back ³  to you again if God wills.” ⁴  Then ⁵  he set sail from Ephesus,

Romans 15:32

15:32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Hebrews 6:3

6:3 And this is what we intend to do, ⁶  if God permits.

James 4:15

4:15 You ought to say instead, ⁷  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

¹ tn Or “but took leave of.”

² tn Grk “and saying”; the participle εἰπών (eipwn) has been translated as “added” rather than “said” to avoid redundancy with the previous “said farewell.” The participle εἰπών has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

³ tn Or “will return.”

⁴ tn The participle θέλοντος (qelontos), a genitive absolute construction, has been translated as a conditional adverbial participle. Again Paul acts in dependence on God.

⁵ tn A new sentence was begun here in the translation due to the length of the sentence in Greek and the requirements of contemporary English style, which generally uses shorter sentences.

⁶ tn Grk “and we will do this.”

⁷ tn Grk “instead of your saying.”