1 Corinthians 16:4

“And if it be meet that I go also, etc.] 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.”

“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).”

“And if it be meet ... - If it be judged desirable and best. If my presence can further the object; or will satisfy you better; or will be deemed necessary to guide and aid those who may be sent, I will be willing to go also. For some appropriate and valuable remarks in regard to the apostle Paul’s management of pecuniary matters, so as not to excite suspicion, and to preserve a blameless reputation, see Paley’s Horae Paulinae, chapter iv. No. 1, 3. Note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“They shall go with me - To remove any possible suspicion. 1 Corinthians 16:5”

“16:4 Paul did in fact deliver the gift to Jerusalem (Rom 15:25-26).”

“Rom 15:25; Co2 8:4, Co2 8:19 1 Corinthians 16:5”