asking if by any means I may now at some time have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.

to show his righteousness at the present time, that he may be righteous and justify him that is of faith.

For when we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the wicked;

For I think that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory to be revealed in us.

For this was the word of promise; According to this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

So then also at the present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace;

And [do] this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we should be waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.