When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined (apotassamai, to bid farewell or decline) — 'But as he left, he promised, 'I will come back if it is God's will' — Paul's refusal and conditional promise ('if God wills,' theos thelō) acknowledge the Jerusalem visit's priority and divine guidance's ultimate determinacy.

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