1 Corinthians 16:4

4 If I think it's worthwhile for me to go, they can go with me.

1 Corinthians 16:4 Meaning and Commentary

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.

1 Corinthians 16:4 In-Context

2 Every Sunday each of you should set aside some of your money and save it. Then money won't have to be collected when I come.

3 When I come, I will give letters of introduction to the people whom you choose. You can send your gift to Jerusalem with them.

4 If I think it's worthwhile for me to go, they can go with me.

5 After I go through the province of Macedonia, I'll visit you. (I will be going through Macedonia.)

6 I'll probably stay with you. I might even spend the winter. Then you can give me your support as I travel, wherever I decide to go.