1 Corinthians 16:4

1 Corinthians 16:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
• New International Version (NIV)If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me.

Context of 1 Corinthians 16:4

2On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once. 3When I come, I will write letters of recommendation for the messengers you choose to deliver your gift to Jerusalem. And if it seems appropriate for me to go along, they can travel with me. 5I am coming to visit you after I have been to Macedonia, for I am planning to travel through Macedonia. 6Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination.

1 Corinthians 16:4 word by word

ἐὰν δὲ ἄξιον ᾖ τοῦ κἀμὲ πορεύεσθαι, σὺν ἐμοὶ πορεύσονται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• it beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• meetἄξιοςaxios · worthyG514
• that I goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• alsoκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:4

• Romans 15:25But before I come, I must go to Jerusalem to take a gift to the believers there.
• 2 Corinthians 8:4They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Paul delivered the gift to Jerusalem (Romans 15:25–26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. 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 (1Co 16:3; compare Ac 20:1-4). with me--to guard against all possible suspicion of evil (2Co 8:4, 19-21).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 16:4

• Alms

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• Acknowledge
• Alms
• Collection
• Gathering
• Lay
• Refresh
• Romans, Epistle to the
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Meet

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings