1 Corinthians 16:3

On my arrival, I will send any persons, whom you may authorize by letter, to carry your gift to Jerusalem;

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In The King James Version

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

In Context

2On the first day of every week each of you should put by what he can afford, so that no collections need be made after I have come.

4and, if it appears to be worth while for me to go also, they will go with me.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:19But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I will find out, not what words these people use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;

2 Corinthians 8:4and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.

2 Corinthians 8:18We are sending with him one of the Lord’s followers whose fame in the service of the good news has spread through all the churches;

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:2-5

Contributions for the Poor. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. In this chapter Paul closes this long… Read the whole commentary →

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