4. If it seems worthwhile that I should go too, they will accompany me.
5. After passing through Macedonia, I will visit you, for I intend [only] to pass through Macedonia;
6. But it may be that I will stay with you [for a while], perhaps even spend the winter, so that you may bring me forward [on my journey] to wherever I may go.
7. For I am unwilling to see you right now [just] in passing, but I hope later to remain for some time with you, if the Lord permits.
8. I will remain in Ephesus [however] until Pentecost,
9. For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries.
10. When Timothy arrives, see to it that [you put him at ease, so that] he may be fearless among you, for he is [devotedly] doing the Lord's work, just as I am.