7. For I do not wish to see you now just in passing—for I hope to stay on with you for a while, if the Lord permits.
8. But I will stay on at Ephesus until Shavuot,
9. for a great door has opened wide for me, though many are in opposition.
10. Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you—for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
11. No one, then, should treat him with disrespect. But set him on his way in shalom, so that he might come to me; for I am expecting him, along with the brothers.
12. Now about our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers and sisters, and he was quite unwilling to come now—but he will come when he has an opportunity.
13. Be on the alert! Stand firm in the faith! Be men of courage! Be strong!
14. Let all that you do be done in love.