3 Choose some followers to take the money to Jerusalem. I will send them on with the money and with letters which show that you approve of them.
4 If you think I should go along, they can go with me.
5 After I have gone through Macedonia, I hope to see you
6 and visit with you for a while. I may even stay all winter, so that you can help me on my way to wherever I will be going next.
7 If the Lord lets me, I would rather come later for a longer visit than to stop off now for only a short visit.
8 I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
9 because there is a wonderful opportunity for me to do some work here. But there are also many people who are against me.