Rom 1:10, 15:32 | JFB | STEP | 10. Making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come to you-- Though long anxious to visit the capital, he met with a number of providential hindrances ( ; ; and see on ; ; ); insomuch that nearly a quarter of a century elapsed, after his conversion, ere his desire was accomplished, and that only as "a prisoner of Jesus Christ." Thus taught that his whole future was in the hands of God, he makes it his continual prayer that at length the obstacles to a happy and prosperous meeting might be removed.

‏ Romans 1:10

10. Making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come to you--Though long anxious to visit the capital, he met with a number of providential hindrances (Ro 1:13; Ro 15:22; and see on Ac 19:21; Ac 23:11; Ac 28:15); insomuch that nearly a quarter of a century elapsed, after his conversion, ere his desire was accomplished, and that only as "a prisoner of Jesus Christ." Thus taught that his whole future was in the hands of God, he makes it his continual prayer that at length the obstacles to a happy and prosperous meeting might be removed.

‏ Romans 15:32

32. That I may come unto you with--"in"

joy by the will of God--(Ac 18:21; 1Co 4:19; 16:7; He 6:3; Jas 4:15)

and may with you be refreshed--rather, "with you refresh myself," after all his labors and anxieties, and so be refitted for future service.