Paul avoids taking complete control of the collection and its transfer. Yet he imagines that it might be advisable
for him to travel with the delegated brothers to Jerusalem. The Greek word translated as advisable
is axios, which ordinarily means worthy.
This may imply that Paul will accompany the delegation if the collection turns out to be a worthy
(large) sum of money.
From Paul’s later writings we know that he did eventually lead a company to Jerusalem, in order to deliver the contributions of Macedonia and Achaia
(Romans 15:25–28). (The term Macedonia and Achaia
signifies the whole of Greece. Corinth was situated in the province of Achaia.) This journey came more than two years after the writing of 1 Corinthians.
4 Si la chose mérite que j'y aille moi-même, elles feront le voyage avec moi.