2. On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.
3. And when I am present, whomever you shall approve through letters, these I shall send to bear your gifts to Jerusalem.
4. And if it is fitting for me to go too, they shall go with me.
5. Now I will visit you after I have passed through Macedonia. For I will pass through Macedonia.
6. And perhaps I will stay with you, and even spend the winter, so that you may lead me on my way, whenever I depart.
7. For I am not willing to see you now only in passing, since I hope that I may remain with you for some length of time, if the Lord permits.
8. But I must remain at Ephesus, even until Pentecost.
9. For a door, great and unavoidable, has opened to me, as well as many adversaries.