1 Corinthians 16:4

And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
if	ἐὰν ean	G1437	a conditional particle · conditional particle
be	ὦ ō	G5600	(may
meet	ἄξιον axion	G514	deserving · adjective — nominative singular neuter
go	πορεύεσθαι, poreuesthai	G4198	to traverse · verb — present middle or passive deponent infinitive
also	κἀγώ kagṓ	G2504	so also the dative case
go	πορεύσονται. poreusontai	G4198	to traverse · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
with	σὺν sun	G4862	with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or… · preposition
me	ἐμοί emoí	G1698	to me

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Cross-references

Romans 15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
2 Corinthians 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
2 Corinthians 8:19 And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

In this chapter Paul closes this long epistle with some particular matters of less moment; but, as all was written by divine inspiration, it is all profitable for our instruction. He begins with directing them about a charitable collection on a particular occasion, the distresses and poverty of Christians in Judea, which at this time were extraordinary, partly through the general calamities of that nation and partly through the particular sufferings to which they were exposed. Now concerning this observe, I. How he introduces his direction. It was not a peculiar service which he required of them; he had given similar orders to the churches of Galatia, Co1 16:1. He desired them only to confor…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 16:4

meet--"worth while." If your collections be large enough to be worth an apostle's journey (a stimulus to their liberality), I will accompany them myself instead of giving them letters credential (Co1 16:3; compare Act 20:1-4). with me--to guard against all possible suspicion of evil (Co2 8:4, Co2 8:19-21).

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 16:4

And if it be meet, etc. - If it be a business that requires my attendance, and it be judged proper for me to go to Jerusalem, I will take those persons for my companions. On the delicacy with which St. Paul managed the business of a collection for the poor, Archdeacon Paley makes the following appropriate remarks: - "The following observations will satisfy us concerning the purity of our apostle's conduct in the suspicious business of a pecuniary contribution. "1st. He disclaims the having received any inspired authority for the directions which he is giving: 'I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.' (Co2 8:8.) Who, t…

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John Gill on 1 Corinthians 16:4

And if it be meet that I go also,.... If it should be convenient for me to go, or it should be thought proper and expedient that I should go; or, as the Syriac version renders it, "if this work should be worthy that I should go"; and the Arabic version, "if the thing should be worthy to go with me"; that is, their beneficence; if so large a collection should be made, that it will be worthy of an apostle to go along with it, hereby artfully pressing them to a good collection: they shall go with me; that is, those brethren whom the church shall approve and send; for he would not go alone, nor propose it, to remove all suspicion of converting any money to his own use.

The Church Fathers

Paul is saying that if the collection is generous, he can go too. For if a bishop is going, he ought to take a large amount with him.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

"And if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me." Here again he exhorts them to liberality. As thus: "if it be so much," saith he, "as to require my presence also, neither will I decline this." But he did not in the first instance promise this, nor say, "When I am come I will carry it." For he would not have made so much of it, if he had so set it down from the first. Afterwards however he adds it well and seasonably. Here then you have the reason why he did not immediately promise, nor yet altogether hold his peace concerning it: but having said, "I will send," then at length he adds himself also. And here too again he leaves it to their own decision; in saying, "If it be meet for me to go also:" whereas this rested with them, namely, to make their collection large; so large even, as to affect his plans and cause him in person to make the journey.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 43

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Dictionary and topics

Alms — Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Lev. 25:35; Deut. 15:7) tended to promote a spirit of charity, and to prevent the occurrence of destitution among…
Romans, Epistle to the — This epistle was probably written at Corinth. Phoebe (Rom. 16:1) of Cenchrea conveyed it to Rome, and Gaius of Corinth entertained the apostle at the time of his writing it (16:23; 1 Cor. 1:14), and…
Alms · .The early Christians — .The early Christians

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1 Corinthians 16:4

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Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 16:4

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 16:4

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 16:4

The Church Fathers

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1 Corinthians 16:4

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 16:4

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 16:4

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 16:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 16:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 16:4