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5 I plan to go through Macedonia, so I will come to you after I go through there.
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After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia.
6 Perhaps I will stay with you for a time or even all winter. Then you can help me on my trip, wherever I go.
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Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
7 I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it.
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For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
8 But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
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But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,
9 because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now. And there are many people working against me.
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because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.
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