“That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.”
so that I, by God's will, may come to you with joy and, together with you, be refreshed. — hina erchomai (so that I may come) pros hymas (to you) en tēi thelēmati tou Theou (in the will of God) meta charas (with joy) and synanapausomai (may find refreshment together with you). Joy and mutual restoration are the fruit of prayer's answered petition.
Church Fathers on Romans 15:32
“That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God.” As he had said at the beginning, “If by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you” Romans 1:10; so here again he takes refuge in the same Will, and says that this is why I press on and wish to be delivered from them, that I may see you shortly, and that with pleasure, without bringing any load of heaviness from thence. “And may with you be refreshed.” See how he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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