1. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the congregations {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of Galatia, do ye likewise.
2. Each first sabbath let each one of you set aside in store, as God has prospered him, that there be no collections when I come.
3. And when I come, whomever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
4. And if it is appropriate that I go also, they shall go with me.
5. Now I will come unto you, when I have passed through Macedonia, for I must pass through Macedonia.
6. And it may be that I will abide and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey wherever I go.
7. For I desire not to see you now in passing, but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permits.
8. But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.