Passing through is literally “I go through,” meaning “I intend to go through.”

Macedonia: in many languages one will need to make it clear that Macedonia is a province, that is, a subdivision of a country or territory. In this case Macedonia was a Roman province that corresponded to the northern part of Greece today.

Quoted with permission from Ellingworth, Paul and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, 2nd edition. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1985/1994. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .