⁷ [^LFor] 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. ⁸ But I will stay at Ephesus [^Ca prominent city in the Roman province of Asia, present-day western Turkey; Acts 19] until Pentecost [^Cthe Jewish festival held on the fiftieth day after Passover (late spring)], ⁹ because a ·good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given [^Lgreat and effective door (of opportunity) has opened up] to me now. And there are many ·people working against me [opponents; adversaries].