| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God’s people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When I come, I will write letters of recommendation for the messengers you choose to deliver your gift to Jerusalem. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4And if it seems appropriate for me to go along, they can travel with me. Paul’s Final Instructions |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I am coming to visit you after I have been to Macedonia, for I am planning to travel through Macedonia. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7This time I don’t want to make just a short visit and then go right on. I want to come and stay awhile, if the Lord will let me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10When Timothy comes, don’t intimidate him. He is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Don’t let anyone treat him with contempt. Send him on his way with your blessing when he returns to me. I expect him to come with the other believers. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Now about our brother Apollos—I urged him to visit you with the other believers, but he was not willing to go right now. He will see you later when he has the opportunity. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14And do everything with love. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You know that Stephanas and his household were the first of the harvest of believers in Greece, and they are spending their lives in service to God’s people. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16to submit to them and others like them who serve with such devotion. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I am very glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here. They have been providing the help you weren’t here to give me. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They have been a wonderful encouragement to me, as they have been to you. You must show your appreciation to all who serve so well. Paul’s Final Greetings |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The churches here in the province of Asia send greetings in the Lord, as do Aquila and Priscilla and all the others who gather in their home for church meetings. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20All the brothers and sisters here send greetings to you. Greet each other with a sacred kiss. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21 Here is my greeting in my own handwriting—Paul . |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come! |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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