2 Corinthians 10:16

Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

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.

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.

The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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

Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

Therefore Yahweh says: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and a line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.