Romans 1:10

‘Making request, if by any means now at length I may at some time be prospered by the will of God to come to you.'

And his continuing request to God is with a view to at last being able to visit them ‘by any means'. It is quite clear that he has a real sense of the urgent need that there is for him to assist the Roman church. He is, however, also aware that it is not going to be easy for him to fit it in. He has much to do. ‘Now at length -- at some time' (ede pote) brings this out.

‘By the will of God.' He assures them that he does nothing of his own will. He is only concerned for the will of God. His future is heavily committed into God's hands, and he recognises that God's will may not be the same as his own. Compare James 4:13. So he is submissive to the will of God. He recognises that God might step in and alter his plans.