I plan to spend some time with you. Treat Timothy respectfully when he arrives. Apollos plans to visit you later.

1 Corinthians 16:5-12

5 Now I plan to travel through Macedonia province. I plan to come to visit you, but I want to go through Macedonia first. 6 Perhaps I will stay with you for a short while, or I may stay with you for the whole winter, in order that you yourselves can provide some of the things that I will need [EUP] for my next trip. 7 I do not want to see you just for a short time and then continue my trip. I am hoping to stay with you for a while, if the Lord Jesus allows me to do that. 8 But I will stay here in Ephesus city until after the Pentecost festival. 9 I want to do that because God has given me a great opportunity [MET] to proclaim his good message here. As a result of my work here, God is producing great results. I also want to stay here because there are many people here who oppose my work, and I need to refute them.

10 When Timothy arrives there in Corinth, treat him respectfully [LIT], because he is working for the Lord just as I am. 11 Do not let anyone despise him. And when he leaves there, give him some of the things that he needs for his trip [EUP] here, and also ask God to bless him. I am waiting for him to come, along with the other fellow believers who have been traveling with him.

12 You also asked about our fellow believer, Apollos. I urged him strongly that he should go back to you with the three fellow believers who came here from Corinth. He was not at all willing to go now, but he will go later, when he has an opportunity.