⁸ I will remain in Ephesus [however] until Pentecost,

⁹ For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries.

¹⁰ When Timothy arrives, see to it that [you put him at ease, so that] he may be fearless among you, for he is [devotedly] doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.