Now concerning the collection for the holy ones, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.
On the first day of every week each one of you is to set something aside, storing up whatever he has prospered in, so that no collections are made when I come.
And when I arrive, whomever you approve to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem, I will send them with letters of introduction,
and if it is right for me to go also, they will go with me.
Plans for Travel
Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia (for I intend to pass through Macedonia)
and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter there, so that you can set me forward on my journey wherever I go.
For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a while with you if the Lord permits.
But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
for a wide door, even an effective work, has opened to me, and there are many opposing it.
Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid, for he works the work of the Lord, as I also do.
Therefore let no one treat him with contempt, but set him forward on his journey in peace so that he can come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.
Final Instructions
Now concerning our brother Apollos, I greatly exhorted him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now, but he will come when he has an opportunity.
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.
Let everything that you do be done in love.
Brothers and sisters, you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have committed themselves to minister to the holy ones. Now I urge you
to submit yourselves to people like them, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
And I rejoice that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus are here, because they provided what you were not able to;
for they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore you must give recognition to people like them.
Greetings
The churches of the province of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, along with the church that is in their house.
All the brothers and sisters greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.
If anyone is not a friend with the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord comes!
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.