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|Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
 
|Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
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|In regards to the collection for the holy people, do just as I have ordered the churches of Galatia to do.
 
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|Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
 
|Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
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|On the first day of the week, every one of you should set aside some of what God has blessed you to earn, so I don't have to go collecting when I come.
 
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|And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
 
|And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
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|And when I come, I will send whomever you have approved with letters to bring your generous gift to Jerusalem.
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|The Greek seems ambiguous.  Will Paul send them with letters?  Or do the Corinthians approve them with letters?  Rather than try to resolve the ambiguity, I've simply preserved it in the English.  I'm open to a better solution.
 
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|And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
 
|And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
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|And if it is appropriate that I go too, they will have me to go with them.
 
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|Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
 
|Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
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|I will come to you after I pass through Macedonia.  (I'm going to go by way of Macedonia.)
 
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|And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
 
|And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
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|Maybe I will stay even the whole winter with you so that you can send me on my next journey, wherever I go.
 
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|For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
 
|For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
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|I don't want to see you now and just pass through.  I hope to stay a while with you if the Lord permits it.
 
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|But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
 
|But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
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|But I will be staying in Ephesus until Pentecost.
 
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|For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
 
|For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
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|A great door, and an effectual one, is open to me, and there are many who oppose.
 
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|Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
 
|Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
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|If Timothy comes, see to it that he can be free from fear.  He is doing the Lord's work as I am.
 
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