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            <div class="label">16</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">The Gift for Other Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now I will write about the collection of money for God&#8217;s people. Do the same thing I told the Galatian churches to do: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the first day of every week, each one of you should put aside money as you have been blessed. Save it up so you will not have to collect money after I come. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I arrive, I will send whomever you approve to take your gift to Jerusalem. I will send them with letters of introduction, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and if it seems good for me to go also, they will go along with me.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Plans</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I plan to go through Macedonia, so I will come to you after I go through there. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Perhaps I will stay with you for a time or even all winter. Then you can help me on my trip, wherever I go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now. And there are many people working against me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If Timothy comes to you, see to it that he has nothing to fear with you, because he is working for the Lord just as I am. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So none of you should treat Timothy as unimportant, but help him on his trip in peace so that he can come back to me. I am expecting him to come with the brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers. He did not at all want to come now; he will come when he has the opportunity.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Paul Ends His Letter</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be alert. Continue strong in the faith. Have courage, and be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything in love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that the family of Stephanas were the first believers in Southern Greece and that they have given themselves to the service of God&#8217;s people. I ask you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to follow the leading of people like these and anyone else who works and serves with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I am happy that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come. You are not here, but they have filled your place. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They have refreshed my spirit and yours. You should recognize the value of people like these.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The churches in Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you in the Lord, as does the church that meets in their house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the brothers and sisters here send greetings. Give each other a holy kiss when you meet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be separated from God&#8212;lost forever!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="content">Come, O Lord!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div>
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Now I will write about the collection of money for God’s people. Do the same thing I told the Galatian churches to do: On the first day of every week, each one of you should put aside money as you have been blessed. Save it up so you will not have to collect money after I come. When I arrive, I will send whomever you approve to take your gift to Jerusalem. I will send them with letters of introduction, and if it seems good for me to go also, they will go along with me.

I plan to go through Macedonia, so I will come to you after I go through there. Perhaps I will stay with you for a time or even all winter. Then you can help me on my trip, wherever I go. I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to stay a longer time with you if the Lord allows it. But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost, because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now. And there are many people working against me.
If Timothy comes to you, see to it that he has nothing to fear with you, because he is working for the Lord just as I am. So none of you should treat Timothy as unimportant, but help him on his trip in peace so that he can come back to me. I am expecting him to come with the brothers.
Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers. He did not at all want to come now; he will come when he has the opportunity.

Be alert. Continue strong in the faith. Have courage, and be strong. Do everything in love.
You know that the family of Stephanas were the first believers in Southern Greece and that they have given themselves to the service of God’s people. I ask you, brothers and sisters, to follow the leading of people like these and anyone else who works and serves with them.
I am happy that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come. You are not here, but they have filled your place. They have refreshed my spirit and yours. You should recognize the value of people like these.
The churches in Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you in the Lord, as does the church that meets in their house. All the brothers and sisters here send greetings. Give each other a holy kiss when you meet.
I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand.
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be separated from God—lost forever!
Come, O Lord!
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.

گوێگرتن لە 1 Corinthians 16