4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me. |
5 After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you--for I will be going through Macedonia. |
6 Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. |
7 I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. |
8 But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, |
9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. |
10 If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am. |
11 No one, then, should refuse to accept him. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers. |
12 Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity. |
