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Verse	Translation	Text
1Co 16:4	Strong Concordance	And [1161] if [1437] it be [5600] meet [514] that I go [4198] also [2504], they shall go [4198] with [4862] me [1698].
	King James	And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Meet for me to go (ἄξιον τοῦ κἀμὲ πορεύεσθαι) Lit., if it be worthy of my going, i.e., if the gift be sufficiently large to warrant an apostolic journey to Jerusalem. This is better than if it be becoming.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
They shall go with me - To remove any possible suspicion.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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, that had a sinister purpose to answer by the recommending of subscriptions, would thus distinguish, and thus lower the credit of his own recommendation? "2nd. Although he asserts the general right of Christian ministers to a maintenance from their ministry, yet he protests against the making use of this right in his own person: 'Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel; but I have used none of these things; neither have I written these things that it should be so done unto me; for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying, i.e. my professions of disinterestedness, void.' (Co1 9:14, Co1 9:15.) "3rd. He repeatedly proposes that there should be associates with himself in the management of the public bounty; not colleagues of his own appointment, but persons elected for that purpose by the contributors themselves. 'And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem; and if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.' (Co1 16:3, Co1 16:4.) And in the second epistle, what is here proposed we find actually done, and done for the very purpose of guarding his character against any imputation that might be brought upon it in the discharge of a pecuniary trust: 'And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the Gospel throughout all the Churches; and not that only, but who was also chosen of the Churches to travel with us with this grace, (gift), which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and the declaration of your ready mind: avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us; providing for things honest, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men:' i.e. not resting in the consciousness of our own integrity, but, in such a subject, careful also to approve our integrity to the public judgment. (Co2 8:18-21.") Horae Paulinae, page 95.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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, that had a sinister purpose to answer by the recommending of subscriptions, would thus distinguish, and thus lower the credit of his own recommendation?

"2nd. Although he asserts the general right of Christian ministers to a maintenance from their ministry, yet he protests against the making use of this right in his own person: 'Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel; but I have used none of these things; neither have I written these things that it should be so done unto me; for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying, i.e. my professions of disinterestedness, void.' (Co1 9:14, Co1 9:15.)

"3rd. He repeatedly proposes that there should be associates with himself in the management of the public bounty; not colleagues of his own appointment, but persons elected for that purpose by the contributors themselves. 'And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem; and if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.' (Co1 16:3, Co1 16:4.) And in the second epistle, what is here proposed we find actually done, and done for the very purpose of guarding his character against any imputation that might be brought upon it in the discharge of a pecuniary trust: 'And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the Gospel throughout all the Churches; and not that only, but who was also chosen of the Churches to travel with us with this grace, (gift), which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and the declaration of your ready mind: avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us; providing for things honest, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men:' i.e. not resting in the consciousness of our own integrity, but, in such a subject, careful also to approve our integrity to the public judgment. (Co2 8:18-21.") Horae Paulinae, page 95.

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¹⁹ And [1161] not [3756] that only [3440], but [235] who was [5500] also [2532] chosen [5500] of [5259] the churches [1577] to travel [4898] with us [2257] with [4862] this [5026] grace [5485], which [3588] is administered [1247] by [5259] us [2257] to [4314] the glory [1391] of the same [846] Lord [2962], and [2532] declaration of your [5216] ready mind [4288]:
²⁰ Avoiding [4724] this [5124], that no [3361] man [5100] should blame [3469] us [2248] in [1722] this [5026] abundance [100] which [3588] is administered [1247] by [5259] us [2257]:
²¹ Providing [4306] for honest things [2570], not [3756] only [3440] in the sight [1799] of the Lord [2962], but [235] also [2532] in the sight [1799] of men [444].

⁴ Praying [1189] us [2257] with [3326] much [4183] intreaty [3874] that we [2248] would receive [1209] the gift [5485], and [2532] take upon us the fellowship [2842] of the ministering [1248] to [1519] the saints [40].

¹ And [1161] after [3326] the uproar [2351] was ceased [3973], Paul [3972] called [4341] unto him the disciples [3101], and [2532] embraced [782] them, and departed [1831] for to go [4198] into [1519] Macedonia [3109].
² And [1161] when he had gone over [1330] those [1565] parts [3313], and [2532] had given [4183] them [846] much [4183] exhortation [3870] [3056], he came [2064] into [1519] Greece [1671],
³ And [5037] there abode [4160] three [5140] months [3376]. And when the Jews [5259] [2453] laid [1096] wait [1917] for him [846], as he was about [3195] to sail [321] into [1519] Syria [4947], he purposed [1096] [1106] to return [5290] through [1223] Macedonia [3109].
⁴ And [1161] there accompanied [4902] him [846] into [891] Asia [773] Sopater [4986] of Berea [961]; and [1161] of the Thessalonians [2331], Aristarchus [708] and [2532] Secundus [4580]; and [2532] Gaius [1050] of Derbe [1190], and [2532] Timotheus [5095]; and [1161] of Asia [774], Tychicus [5190] and [2532] Trophimus [5161].

³ And [1161] when [3752] I come [3854], whomsoever [3739] [1437] ye shall approve [1381] by [1223] your letters [1992], them [5128] will I send [3992] to bring [667] your [5216] liberality [5485] unto [1519] Jerusalem [2419].

¹⁸ And [1161] we have sent [4842] with [3326] him [846] the brother [80], whose [3739] praise [1868] is in [1722] the gospel [2098] throughout [1223] all [3956] the churches [1577];
¹⁹ And [1161] not [3756] that only [3440], but [235] who was [5500] also [2532] chosen [5500] of [5259] the churches [1577] to travel [4898] with us [2257] with [4862] this [5026] grace [5485], which [3588] is administered [1247] by [5259] us [2257] to [4314] the glory [1391] of the same [846] Lord [2962], and [2532] declaration of your [5216] ready mind [4288]:
²⁰ Avoiding [4724] this [5124], that no [3361] man [5100] should blame [3469] us [2248] in [1722] this [5026] abundance [100] which [3588] is administered [1247] by [5259] us [2257]:
²¹ Providing [4306] for honest things [2570], not [3756] only [3440] in the sight [1799] of the Lord [2962], but [235] also [2532] in the sight [1799] of men [444].

⁴ And [1161] if [1437] it be [5600] meet [514] that I go [4198] also [2504], they shall go [4198] with [4862] me [1698].

¹⁵ But [1161] I [1473] have used [5530] none [3762] of these things [5130]: [1161] neither [3756] have I written [1125] these things [5023], that [2443] it should be [1096] so [3779] done [1096] unto [1722] me [1698]: for [1063] it were better [3123] for me [3427] to die [599] [2570], than [2228] that [2443] any man [5100] should make [2758] my [3450] glorying [2745] void [2758].

¹⁴ Even [2532] so [3779] hath [1299] the Lord [2962] ordained [1299] that they which preach [2605] the gospel [2098] should live [2198] of [1537] the gospel [2098].

⁸ I speak [3004] not [3756] by [2596] commandment [2003], but [235] by occasion [1223] of the forwardness [4710] of others [2087], and [2532] to prove [1381] the sincerity [1103] of your [5212] love [26].