1. With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:
2. On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.
3. Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
4. And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.
5. But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia – for I will be going through Macedonia –
6. and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.
7. For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.
8. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
9. because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.
10. Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.
11. So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.