1 Corinthians 16:4
And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.
BSB
ASV
and if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me.
KJV
And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES (384)
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.
Note, Ministers are doing their proper business when they are promoting or helping in works of charity. Paul stirs up the Corinthians to gather for the relief of the churches in Judea, and he is ready to go with their messengers, to convey what is gathered; and he is still in the way of his duty, in the business of his office. Paul Promises to Visit Corinth.
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Romans 15:25Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
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After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as…
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
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2 Corinthians 8:19More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
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Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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2 Corinthians 8:4they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
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Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
