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But de I will come erchomai to pros you hymeis after hotan I have gone through dierchomai Macedonia Makedonia for gar I intend to go through dierchomai Macedonia Makedonia and de it may be that tynchanō I will stay paramenō awhile with pros you hymeis, or ē even kai spend the winter paracheimazō, so that hina you hymeis can help me egō continue propempō my journey , wherever hou ean I go poreuō. For gar I do not ou want thelō to see you hymeis now arti just in en passing parodos, for gar I hope elpizō to spend epimenō some tis time chronos with pros you hymeis, if ean the ho Lord kyrios permits epitrepō. But de I will stay epimenō in en Ephesus Ephesos until heōs · ho Pentecost pentēkostē, for gar a door thura that offers wide megas and kai effective energēs ministry stands open anoigō for me egō, · kai although there are many polys adversaries antikeimai.

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Paul’s Plans

I will come to you after I go through Macedonia—for I am planning to go through Macedonia [C the northern part of present-day Greece; Acts 19:21; 20:1, 2; 2 Cor. 1:15–16]. Perhaps I will stay with you for a time or even all winter. Then you can help me on my trip, wherever I go. [L For] I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it. But I will stay at Ephesus [C a prominent city in the Roman province of Asia, present-day western Turkey; Acts 19] until Pentecost [C the Jewish festival held on the fiftieth day after Passover (late spring)], because a ·good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given [L great and effective door (of opportunity) has opened up] to me now. And there are many ·people working against me [opponents; adversaries].

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