1 Corinthians 16:4 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:4

“And if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me.” Here again he exhorts them to liberality. As thus: “if it be so much,” says he, “as to require my presence also, neither will I decline this.” But he did not in the first instance promise this, nor say, “When I have come I will carry it.” For he would not have made so much of it, if he had so set it down from the first. Afterwards however he adds it well and seasonably. Here then you have the reason why he did not…