1 Corinthians 16:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷ For I am unwilling to see you right now [just] in passing, but I hope later to remain for some time with you, if the Lord permits.

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.