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.