Romans 1:10 Cross References - MNT

¹⁰ always entreating him that now at length, if such be his will, the way may be made clear for me to come to you.

²¹ but said, as he took leave of them, "I will return again to you, if God will."

²¹ Now after these things were ended, Paul resolved in his spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must see Rome, too."

¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment. ² We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us. ³ The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself. ⁴ Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us; ⁵ and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her. ⁷ For many days we sailed slowly, and then arrived with difficulty over against Cnidus; from this point, as the wind did not further favor us, we ran under the lee of Crete, off Cape Salmone; ⁸ and coasting along with difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea. ⁹ By this time the season was far advanced, and sailing had become dangerous (for the Autumn Fast was past); so Paul began to warn them. ¹⁰ "Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives." ¹¹ But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul; ¹² and as the harbor was ill adapted for winter quarters, the majority advised putting out to sea from thence, to see whether they could get to Phoenix and winter there, a harbor on the coast of Crete facing northeast and southeast. ¹³ And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore. ¹⁴ But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island; ¹⁵ when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive. ¹⁶ Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat. ¹⁷ After hauling it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes, they lowered the gear and lay to. ¹⁸ And as we were being terribly battered by the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard, ¹⁹ and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackling overboard. ²⁰ Then when for many days neither sun nor stars were seen, and a great tempest still beat upon us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away from us. ²¹ When for a long time they had been without food, Paul stood among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and so have spared yourselves this injury and loss. ²² "But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship, ²³ "for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said: ²⁴ "'Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.' ²⁵ "So take courage, men! I believe God, I believe that things will turn out exactly as it has been told me. ²⁶ "But we must be cast upon a certain island." ²⁷ It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land. ²⁸ So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

²² This is why I have been so hindered from coming to you. ²³ But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you ²⁴ whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.

³⁰ Brothers, I beseech you, by Jesus Christ our Lord, and by the love which the Spirit gives, to help me in my struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf, ³¹ that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judea; that my mission to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the saints; ³² and that I may come to you in joy, by the will of God, and find rest together with you.

¹⁹ But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.

⁶ Do not worry about anything; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

¹⁸ For that reason I would fain have visited you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered me.

¹⁰ Night and day I am praying earnestly that I may see you face to face, and may perfect whatever is yet lacking in your faith. ¹¹ Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct my path to you.

²² Please also prepare for me a lodging, for I am hoping by your prayers to be restored to you again.

¹⁹ I the more earnestly ask for your prayers, that I may be the more speedily restored to you.

¹⁵ You ought instead to say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live and do this or that."