7. For I do not wish to see you now just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.
8. But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost;
9. for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
10. Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I also am.