1 Corinthians 16:4

4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

1 Corinthians 16:4 in Other Translations

4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

4 If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

4 And if it seems appropriate for me to go along, they can travel with me.

4 If you think it best that I go along, I'll be glad to travel with them.

4 and if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me.

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

4 If it is also suitable for me to go, they will travel with me.

4 If it seems good for me to go also, they will 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 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

3 Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.

4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

5 After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia.

6 Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.