This is clear from 2 Corinthians 1: 15, 16, where we read: “With this confidence, I was intending to come first to you, so that you might have a second occasion for joy; for I intended to visit you on my way to Macedonia, to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me off to Judea. ”
Seda on näha tema sõnadest tekstis 2. Korintlastele 1: 15, 16: „Selle veendumusega kavatsesin ma enne tulla teie juurde, et te saaksite teist korda rõõmu tunda, ja olles peatunud teie juures, minna Makedooniasse ja tulla Makedooniast tagasi teie juurde ning lasta end teil natuke maad saata teel Judeasse. ”