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Acts 18:21
But taking his leave and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus.
Acts 18:21 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Acts 18:21 in other translations
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
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In context
18 But Paul, when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shorn his head in Cenchrae. For he had a vow.
19 And he came to Ephesus and left them there. But he himself, entering into the synagogue, disputed with the Jews.
20 And when they desired him that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not:
21 But taking his leave and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus.
22 And going down to Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and saluted the church: and so came down to Antioch.
23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed and went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, confirming all the disciples.
24 Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, one mighty in the scriptures.
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