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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: First Corinthians 16.
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: The collection for believers in Judea.
- 0:08SPEAKER_00: Now about the collection of money for God's people, do the same as I told the Galatian churches to do.
- 0:17SPEAKER_00: On the first day of each week, each of you should take some of your money and put it in a special place.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: Save up as much as you can from what you are blessed with, then you will not have to gather it all after I come.
- 0:37SPEAKER_00: When I arrive I will send some men to take your gift to Jerusalem.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: These will be the ones you all should go.
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: I will send them with letters of introduction.
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: If it seems good for me to go to, we can all travel together.
- 1:02SPEAKER_00: Paul's Plans I plan to go through Macedonia, so I will come to you after that.
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: Maybe I will stay with you for a time.
- 1:15SPEAKER_00: I might even stay all winter.
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: Then you can help me on my trip wherever I go.
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: I don't want to come see you now because I was I would have to leave to go to other places.
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it, but I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
- 1:42SPEAKER_00: I will stay here because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now, and there are many people working against it.
- 1:55SPEAKER_00: Timothy might come to you.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: Try to make him feel comfortable with you.
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: He is working for the Lord the same as I am, so none of you should refuse to accept Timothy.
- 2:14SPEAKER_00: Help him continue on his trip in peace so that he can come back to me.
- 2:22SPEAKER_00: I am expecting him to come back with the other brothers.
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: Now about our brother Apollos.
- 2:32SPEAKER_00: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers.
- 2:37SPEAKER_00: He prefers not to come now, but he will come when he has the opportunity.
- 2:45SPEAKER_00: Paul ends his letter Be careful, hold firmly to your faith, have courage and be strong.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: Do everything in love.
- 2:57SPEAKER_00: You know that Stephanus and his family were the first believers in Achaea.
- 3:06SPEAKER_00: They have given themselves to the service of God's people.
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: I ask you, brothers and sisters, to follow the leading of people like these and others who work hard and serve together with them.
- 3:24SPEAKER_00: I am happy that Stephanus, Fortinatus, and Acheus have come.
- 3:31SPEAKER_00: You are not here, but they have filled your place.
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: They have been a great encouragement to me and to you as well.
- 3:41SPEAKER_00: You should recognize the value of such people.
- 3:46SPEAKER_00: The churches in Asia send you their greetings.
- 3:51SPEAKER_00: Akeelah and Priscilla greet you in the Lord.
- 3:56SPEAKER_00: Also the church that meets in their house sends greetings.
- 4:01SPEAKER_00: All the brothers and sisters here send their greetings.
- 4:07SPEAKER_00: Give each other the special greeting of God's people.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: Hear my greeting in my own handwriting.
- 4:17SPEAKER_00: Paul If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be separated from God, lost forever.
- 4:29SPEAKER_00: Come, O Lord, the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
- 4:34SPEAKER_00: My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.