1 Corinthians 16:5-18

English Standard Version

Plans for Travel

⁵^(A)I will visit you after passing through ^(B)Macedonia, for ^(C)I intend to pass through Macedonia, ⁶and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may ^(D)help me on my journey, wherever I go. ⁷For I do not want to see you now ^(E)just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, ^(F)if the Lord permits. ⁸But I will stay in Ephesus until ^(G)Pentecost, ⁹for ^(H)a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and ^(I)there are many adversaries.

¹⁰^(J)When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for ^(K)he is doing ^(L)the work of the Lord, as I am. ¹¹So ^(M)let no one despise him. ^(N)Help him on his way ^(O)in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

Final Instructions

¹²Now concerning ^(P)our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will^[a] to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.

¹³^(Q)Be watchful, ^(R)stand firm in the faith, ^(S)act like men, ^(T)be strong. ¹⁴^(U)Let all that you do be done in love.

¹⁵Now I urge you, brothers^[b]—you know that ^(V)the household^[c] of Stephanas were ^(W)the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves ^(X)to the service of the saints— ¹⁶^(Y)be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. ¹⁷I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for ^(Z)your absence, ¹⁸for they ^(AA)refreshed my spirit as well as yours. ^(AB)Give recognition to such people.