Acts 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,

biblegateway Act 18:21

But as he left, he promised, "I will come back if it is God’s will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

biblegateway Act 18:21

but taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.

biblegateway Act 18:21

So he left, saying, "I will come back later, God willing." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

biblegateway Act 18:21

But after saying good-bye, he promised, "I'll be back, God willing." From Ephesus

SABDAweb Act 18:21

And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

bibleoremus Act 18:21

but on taking leave of them, he said, "I will return to you, if God wills." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

biblegateway Act 18:21

but took leave of them, saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." And he sailed from Ephesus.

biblegateway Act 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,

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.