34 if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions ^bwhen I come.

Plans for Travel

5 ^oI will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia, 6 and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go.

15 Because I was sure of this, ^wI wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second ^xexperience of grace. 16 ^yI wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.

1 For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

2 I beg of you that ^awhen I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of ^bwalking according to the flesh.

14 Here ^lfor the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For ^mchildren are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

20 For I fear that perhaps when I come ^vI may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be ^wquarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

Final Warnings

1 ^xThis is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established ^yby the evidence of two or three witnesses.