7. I don’t want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.
8. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
9. because a wide door for effective ministry has opened for me — yet many oppose me.
10. If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear from you, because he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
11. Therefore, no one should look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so he can come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.