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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"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," saith 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 am 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. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
If, he says, the collection is such that my service is also required, then I too will go. By this he also disposes them to generosity. He also wants to have witnesses that he will take nothing for himself. Therefore he says: they will go with me.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
And not only will I send those whom you accredit, but if it will be advisable, i.e., if there will be a great quantity, they will accompany me, by which he leads them to contribute well and liberally: "At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints" (Rom. 15:25).
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