1 Corinthians 16:22 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 16:19-24

B. Final greetings and benediction 16:19-24"The letter now concludes with a series of standard (for Paul) greetings (1 Corinthians 16:19-22) and the grace-benediction (1 Corinthians 16:23). But Paul cannot quite give up the urgency of the letter, so he interrupts these two rather constant elements of his conclusions with one final word of warning to those who have been causing him grief, this time in the form of an extraordinary curse formula (1 Corinthians 16:22). The apparent harshness of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 16:22

Normally Paul used the Greek word agape for love (except in Titus 3:15). Here he used phileo. Consequently this may have been a saying believers used in the congregational worship of the churches. "Maranatha" (NASB) is an Aramaic expression meaning "Our Lord, come." Probably Paul did not translate it into Greek because believers commonly spoke it in Aramaic in the services of the early church (cf. Revelation 22:20). Since it was Aramaic it probably originated in Palestine where people spoke... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 16:22

16:22 love (h-4) Phileo . see John 5:20 . Maranatha. (i-14) Meaning, 'Accursed -- the Lord cometh.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

The Collection. Personal Messages and ConclusionThe Apostle in this chapter instructs the Corinthians to make a collection for the poor Christians in Judæa, intimates his intention of visiting them at an early date by way of Macedonia, and concludes with kind messages of brotherly love. In 1 Corinthians 16:8 he mentions his intention to stay in Ephesus till Pentecost. He probably stayed much longer, owing to the troubles that arose in Corinth; for in our Second Epistle (2 Corinthians 9:2) he... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 16:22

(22) If any man love not the Lord Jesus.—From all the argument and controversy which form the main portion of the Epistle, the Apostle with his own hand brings back the thoughts of the Corinthians to the true test of their Christianity. Do they love the Lord Jesus? The word here used for love signifies not merely affectionate regard, but personal devotion.Let him be Anathema Maran-atha.—Better Let him be Anathema. Maranatha. There is no connection between these two words. Anathema signifies... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

1 Corinthians 16:9 In Wesley's Journal for 1st February, 1736, written as he approached the shores of Georgia, the following entry appears: 'We spoke with a ship of Carolina; and Wednesday 4, came within soundings. About noon, the trees were visible from the masts, and in the afternoon from the main deck. In the evening lesson were these words: "A great door and effectual is opened ". O let no one shut it!' References. XVI. 9. Expositor (4th Series), vol. ii. p. 148; ibid. (7th Series), vol.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

Chapter 25THE POORIN closing his letter to the Corinthians, Paul, as usual, explains his own movements, and adds a number of miscellaneous directions and salutations. These for the most part relate to matters of merely temporary interest, and call for no comment. Interest of a more permanent kind unfortunately attaches to the collection for the poor Christians of Jerusalem which Paul invites the Corinthians to make. Several causes had contributed to this poverty; and, among others, it is not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

2. Exhortations and Conclusion. CHAPTER 16 1. Concerning Collections. (1 Corinthians 16:1-4 ) 2. Ministry. (1 Corinthians 16:5-18 ) 3. Greetings. (1 Corinthians 16:19-24 ) First, in concluding this Epistle, he writes them about collections for the Saints. The same directions, he had given to the assemblies in Galatia. The collection for the Saints was to be taken on the first day of the week in connection with the remembrance of Him who had said, “it is more blessed to give than to... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:22

16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema {m} Maranatha.(m) By these words are meant the severest type of curse and excommunication that was among the Jews: and the words are as much as to say, "As our Lord comes". So that his meaning may be this, "Let him be accursed even to the coming of the Lord", that is to say, to the day of his death, even for ever. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

This last chapter forms a fourth division of the book of I Corinthians, with its simple, practical instructions. The unity of the body of Christ is to be expressed in genuine practical care for the needs of each member of the body. At this time, a special need existed among "the poor saints . . . at Jerusalem" (Romans 15:26), evidently the result of a great famine (Acts 11:28-30). At the time this became known by the Corinthians, they "were forward" with desire to supply material help to... read more