7 For I do not wish to see you now (A)just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, (B)if the Lord permits. 8 But I will remain in (C)Ephesus until (D)Pentecost; 9 for a (E)wide door (a)for effective service has opened to me, and (F)there are many adversaries.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Corinthians 16:9: ['Lit ', and]

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