1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so do *ye* do also.
2 On [the] first of [the] week let each of you put by at home, laying up [in] whatever [degree] he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.
3 And when I am arrived, whomsoever ye shall approve, these I will send with letters to carry your bounty to Jerusalem:
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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 16 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 16
In this chapter the apostle,
1Cr 16:1-4
In this chapter Paul closes this long epistle with some particular matters of less moment; but, as all was written by divine inspiration, it is all profitable for our instruction. He begins with directing them about a charitable collection on a particular occasion, the distresses and poverty of Christians in Judea, which at this time were extraordinary, partly through the general calamities of that nation and partly through the particular sufferings to which they were exposed. Now concerning this observe,
1Cr 16:5-9
In this passage the apostle notifies and explains his purpose of visiting them, concerning which, observe,
1Cr 16:10-12
In this passage,
1Cr 16:13-18
In this passage the apostle gives,
1Cr 16:19-24
The apostle closes his epistle,