1. Now in regard to the collection for the holy ones, you also should do as I ordered the churches of Galatia.
2. On the first day of the week each of you should set aside and save whatever one can afford, so that collections will not be going on when I come.
3. And when I arrive, I shall send those whom you have approved with letters of recommendation to take your gracious gift to Jerusalem.
4. If it seems fitting that I should go also, they will go with me.
5. I shall come to you after I pass through Macedonia (for I am going to pass through Macedonia),