1 ^hNow concerning^{1 i}the collection for the saints: as I directed ^jthe churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, ^kas he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 3 And when I arrive, ^lI will send ^mthose whom you accredit by ⁿletter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

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. 7 For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. 8 But I will stay in Ephesus until ^pPentecost, 9 for a ^qwide door for effective work has opened to me, and ^rthere are many adversaries.