to pass by you into Macedonia It was probably when this resolution (which may have been announced in the lost Epistle, see 1 Corinthians 5:9) was given up, that the mission of Timothy referred to in 1 Corinthians 4:17, and in Acts 19:22 was substituted, and as still more urgent necessity arose, that of Titus, ch. 2 Corinthians 8:16-24; 2 Corinthians 12:17-18.

and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa The exact opposite of this was what actually took place. St Paul went through Macedonia on his way to Corinth, and returned through Macedonia, and was brought on his way toward Judæa by the Macedonian Churches. The word translated -brought on my way" is used of the pecuniary and other assistance given by the Churches towards the journeys of the brethren. See Acts 15:3; Acts 20:38; Acts 21:5; Romans 15:24; 1Co 16:6; 1 Corinthians 16:11; Titus 3:13; 3 John 1:6, and note on 1 Corinthians 16:6.

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