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Observe here, St. Paul acquaints them how he had laid his business, ordered his stay and station, where he was, and designed afterwards to come and winter with them, and not to see them in passage only.
From whence we learn, That a wise contrivance of our own business, of our course of labour, and of what we design to do, is very lawful, provided it be done with submission to the will of God. The apostle declares that he had in his intentions contrived, whither to go, where to stay, how long to continue: but adds, If the Lord permit. All was with submission to the wisdom and will of God.
Farther, he informs them of his present intention to stay at Ephesus till Pentecost, because God had opened there unto him a great door for the propagation of the gospel, and had abundantly blessed his labours to the good of many. But there were many adversaries of the truth there, which made his stay longer at Ephesus both necessary and unavoidable.
Learn thence, that the great success of the gospel is usually attended with many adversaries, and great opposition. The devil stirs up all the rage and fury he can against the professors, but especially the preachers of the gospel: but where the devil is most angry, we may hope we have done most good: and that ought to encourage us to stay in our place, though our difficulties are many, and our discouragements great. I will tarry at Ephesus, where a great door is opened to me, though there are many adversaries.