7. For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
8. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
9. for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
10. When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.
11. So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.
12. Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.
13. Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
14. Let all that you do be done in love.