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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

A fivefold exhortation. This the Corinthians needed. It fitly comes near the conclusion of the Epistle, summarizing much that has gone before. The Corinthians tended towards false security, reliance upon gifts and teachers; so the apostle says, "Watch ye." They were wavering in adhesion to the gospel which Paul preached; so he says, "Stand fast in the faith." They were but "babes" ( 1 Corinthians 3:1 ); so the apostle incites them to seek more of the qualities of manhood: "Quit you like... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye - The exhortation in this and the following verse is given evidently in view of the special dangers and temptations which surrounded them. The word used here (Γρηγορεῖτε Grēgoreite) means, to keep awake, to be vigilant, etc.; and this may, perhaps, be a military metaphor derived from the duty of those who are stationed as sentinels to guard a camp, or to observe the motions of an enemy. The term is frequently used in the New Testament, and the duty frequently enjoined; Matthew... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

1 Corinthians 16:13-14. To conclude. Watch ye Against all your seen and unseen enemies; stand fast in the faith Seeing and trusting in Him that is invisible: quit you like men With courage and patience; be strong To do and suffer his will. Let all your things be done with charity Namely, your differences about worldly affairs, mentioned chap. 6., your disputes concerning marriage and a single state; (chap. 8.;) your eating things sacrificed to idols; (chapters 8., 10;) your eating... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:5-24

Personal notes and farewell (16:5-24)Paul’s plan is to visit Macedonia and then move south to Corinth. He realizes that the church in Corinth needs further help, so when he comes he wants to spend some time there (5-7). He is not sure when he will make this visit, as he currently has much urgent work to do in Ephesus (8-9).When Timothy arrives in Corinth (cf. Acts 19:22), the Christians are not to treat him with any less respect than they would Paul, for Timothy and he are doing the same work.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch . Compare Acts 20:31 . stand fast . Compare Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:1 .Philippians 1:1 , Philippians 1:27 ; Philippians 4:1 . 1 Thessalonians 3:8 . 2 Thessalonians 2:15 . faith . App-150 . Compare 1 Corinthians 15:1 . quit you like men . Greek. andrizomai. Only here. be strong . Greek. krataioo. Elsewhere, Luke 1:80 ; Luke 2:40 . Ephesians 3:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.As McGarvey declared, "In these brief ... phrases, Paul sums up the burden of this entire epistle."[21]Watch ye ... Although originally directed as an admonition to Corinth, this is a timeless duty of all Christians. The things they were to watch against were: (1) the danger of division, (2) the deception of false teachers, (3) the atheistic denials of the resurrection, (4) the failure of love... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:13

1 Corinthians 16:13. Stand fast, &c.— There is no need of seeking a different sense of each word in this verse. If there be any difference, the word ανδριζεσθε may refer to a strength of resolution; and the word κραταιουσθε to that cheerful and courageous expectation of a happy event, which the consciousness of so good a cause would naturally administer. The meaning of the next verse is, "Let all your affairs be transacted in love, and under the influence of that noble principle of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:13

13. He shows that they ought to make their hopes of salvation to depend not on Apollos or any other teacher; that it rests with themselves. "Watch ye": for ye are slumbering. "Stand": for ye are like men tottering. "Quit you like men; be strong": for ye are effeminate ( :-). "Let all your things be done with charity" (1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 13:1): not with strifes as at present [CHRYSOSTOM]. "In the faith" which was assailed by some (1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Corinthians 15:2; 1... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Paul urged his somewhat unstable readers to be watchful regarding danger from inside as well as outside the church (cf. Acts 20:29-30). Most of the problems in this church evidently arose from within the congregation as a result of pagan influences. "Be on the alert" sometimes occurs with anticipation of the Lord’s coming, so that event may have been in Paul’s mind as well (e.g., Matthew 24:42). His readers should also stand firm in their trust in God and their commitment to His Word and will... read more