And who of you by worrying can add one hour to [the length of] his life?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

You serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?

And which of you [by] being anxious is able to add an hour to his life span?

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But when a forty year time span was fulfilled by him, it came into his heart to go help his brothers, the sons of Israel.

He caused to spring from one forefather people of every race, for them to live on the whole surface of the earth, and marked out for them an appointed span of life and the boundaries of their homes;

But now there are no further openings for me in these parts, and I have for several years been longing to come to you whenever I may be going to Spain.

Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

[This is] so we can proclaim the good news [about Christ] even to areas beyond you [Note: Perhaps Paul here alludes to such places as Italy and Spain], and [thereby] not boast over what has [already] been done in someone else's field of service.