The Collection for the Saints

¹Now concerning1 ethe collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. ²On fthe first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, gas he may prosper, hso that there will be no collecting when I come. ³And when I arrive, I will send ithose whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. ⁴If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

Plans for Travel

⁵jI will visit you after passing through kMacedonia, for lI intend to pass through Macedonia, ⁶and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may mhelp me on my journey, wherever I go. ⁷For I do not want to see you now njust in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, oif the Lord permits. ⁸But I will stay in Ephesus until pPentecost, ⁹for qa wide door for effective work has opened to me, and rthere are many adversaries.

¹⁰sWhen Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for the is doing uthe work of the Lord, as I am. ¹¹So vlet no one despise him. wHelp him on his way xin peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

Final Instructions

¹²Now concerning your brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will2 to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.

¹³zBe watchful, astand firm in the faith, bact like men, cbe strong. ¹⁴dLet all that you do be done in love.

¹⁵Now I urge you, brothers3—you know that ethe household4 of Stephanas were fthe first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves gto the service of the saints— ¹⁶hbe subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. ¹⁷I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for iyour absence, ¹⁸for they jrefreshed my spirit as well as yours. kGive recognition to such people.

Greetings

¹⁹The churches of Asia send you greetings. lAquila and Prisca, together with mthe church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. ²⁰All the brothers send you greetings. nGreet one another with a holy kiss.

²¹I, Paul, write othis greeting with my own hand. ²²If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be paccursed. Our Lord, come!5 ²³qThe grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. ²⁴My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.