Romans 1:10

New Living Translation

One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.

Parallel Translations

Revised Standard Version
asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
besechinge that at one tyme or another a prosperous iorney (by ye will of god) myght fortune me to come vnto you.

Hebrew Names Version
requesting, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

International Standard Version
in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God's will I may at last succeed in coming to you.Romans 15:23,32; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; James 4:15;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.

New Century Version
every time I pray. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you, and this will happen if God wants it.

Update Bible Version
always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Making request (if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God) to come to you.

English Standard Version
always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

World English Bible
requesting, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Always requesting in my prayers to come unto you, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that with outen ceessyng Y make mynde of you euere in my preieris, and biseche, if in ony maner sum tyme Y haue a spedi weie in the wille of God to come to you.

English Revised Version
making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

Berean Standard Bible
in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God's will I may succeed in coming to you.

Contemporary English Version
In all my prayers, I ask God to make it possible for me to visit you.

Amplified Bible
in my prayers; always pleading that somehow, by God's will, I may now at last come to you.

American Standard Version
making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

Bible in Basic English
And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

Complete Jewish Bible
in my prayers; and I always pray that somehow, now or in the future, I might, by God's will, succeed in coming to visit you.

Darby Translation
always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Etheridge Translation
And I pray that from now there may be opened unto me the way, by the will of Aloha, to come to you.

Murdock Translation
And I likewise supplicate, that hereafter a door may be opened to me, by the good pleasure of God, to come unto you.

King James Version (1611)
Making request, (if by any meanes now at length I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God) to come vnto you.

New Life Bible
I pray that I might be able to visit you, if God wants me to.

New Revised Standard
asking that by God's will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Alwayes in my prayers, beseeching that by some meanes, one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God, to come vnto you.

George Lamsa Translation
Beseeching that, if the way is open to me by the will of God, I may come to you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
At all times in my prayers, - making supplication - if, by some means, even now, at any time, I may have a way opened, in the will of God, to come unto you;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Praying alwayes in my prayers, that by some meane at the last, one tyme or other, I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God, to come vnto you.

Good News Translation
every time I pray. I ask that God in his good will may at last make it possible for me to visit you now.

Christian Standard Bible®
always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

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.

Lexham English Bible
always asking in my prayers if somehow now at last I may succeed to come to you in the will of God.

Literal Translation
always at my prayers, beseeching if by any means now at length I shall be blessed by the will of God to come to you.

Young's Literal Translation
always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that I mighte once haue a prosperous iourney ( by the will off God) to come vnto you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
if it be God's will, that I might now at length have the happiness of coming to you.

New English Translation
and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

New King James Version
making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.

Simplified Cowboy Version
in my prayers every single day. I know God is going to make a way for me to finally ride out and see y'all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

Legacy Standard Bible
always in my prayers earnestly asking, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

Contextual Overview

⁸ Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world. ⁹ God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son. ¹⁰ One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you. ¹¹ For I long to visit you so I can bring you some spiritual gift that will help you grow strong in the Lord. ¹² When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. ¹³ I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see spiritual fruit, just as I have seen among other Gentiles. ¹⁴ For I have a great sense of obligation to people in both the civilized world and the rest of the world, to the educated and uneducated alike. ¹⁵ So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach the Good News.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

request: Romans 15:22-24, Romans 15:30-32, Philippians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, 1 Thessalonians 3:10, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, Philemon 1:22, Hebrews 13:19

a prosperous: Acts 19:21, Acts 27:1 - Acts 28:31

by the will: Acts 18:21, Acts 21:14, 1 Corinthians 4:19, James 4:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:14 - thereby Genesis 24:42 - prosper Romans 15:23 - and Romans 15:32 - I may 1 Corinthians 16:7 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!

Psalms 104:31
May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Making request, if by any means now at length,.... A principal thing, which be incessantly and importunately requested at the throne of grace, was, that he might have an opportunity of coming to them; that God in his providence would open a way for him; and that he might have a safe and comfortable journey in a very little time; all which he submits to the will of God, as a good man ought to do; and which he thus expresses,

I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come unto you; see James 4:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Making request - It was his earnest desire to see them, and he presented the subject before God.

If by any means - This shows the earnest desire which he had to see them, and implies that be had designed it, and had been hindered; see Romans 1:13.

Now at length - He had purposed it a long time, but had been hindered. He doubtless cherished this purpose for years. The expressions in the Greek imply an earnest wish that this long-cherished purpose might be accomplished before long.

A prosperous journey - A safe, pleasant journey. It is right to regard all success in traveling as depending on God, and to pray for success and safety from danger. Yet all such prayers are not answered according to the letter of the petition. The prayer of Paul that be might see the Romans was granted, but in a remarkable way. He was persecuted by the Jews, and arraigned before King Agrippa. He appealed to the Roman emperor, and was taken there in chains as a prisoner. Yet the journey might in this way have a more deep effect on the Romans, than if he had gone in any other way. In so mysterious a manner does God often hear the prayers of his people; and though their prayers are answered, yet it is in his own time and way; see the last chapters of the Acts .

By the will of God - If God shall grant it; if God will by his mercy grant me the great favor of my coming to you. This is a proper model of a prayer; and is in accordance with the direction of the Bible; see James 4:14-15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 1:10. Making request, c.] By this we see how earnestly the apostle longed to see Rome. It had long been a subject of continual prayer to God, that he might have a prosperous journey to, or rather meeting with, them, for so we should understand the word ευοδωθησμαι: that he had a prosperous meeting with them we cannot doubt that he had a disastrous journey to them the 27th of the Acts fully proves.