5. And I will come to you whenever I pass through Macedonia, for I will be passing through Macedonia.
6. Efsher (perhaps) I will stay with you, or even spend the choref (winter) that you may help me with a send-off wherever I may go.
7. For I do not want to see you now in passing, for I have the tikvah to remain some time with you, im yirtzeh Hashem (G-d willing, permitting).
8. But, I will remain on in Ephesus until Shavuos [Lv 23:15-21; Dt 16:9-11],
9. For a delet (door) has opened, great and effective, for me, but there are many mitnaggedim (opponents).
10. Now if Timotiyos comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for the avodas kodesh of Hashem he labors in as I do.