But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
Now concerning the collection for the holy ones, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Messiah, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;