1 Corinthians 16:5-11

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⁵ After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you^(A)—for I will be going through Macedonia.^{(B) 6} Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey,^(C) wherever I go. ⁷ For 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.^{(D) 8} But I will stay on at Ephesus^(E) until Pentecost,^{(F) 9} because a great door for effective work has opened to me,^(G) and there are many who oppose me.

¹⁰ When Timothy^(H) 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,^(I) just as I am. ¹¹ No one, then, should treat him with contempt.^(J) Send him on his way^(K) in peace^(L) so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.