哥林多前书 16:2-3 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 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... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:1-12

16:1-12 With regard to the collection for the people of Christ, do you too follow the instructions which I gave to the Churches of Galatia. Every first day of the week each of you must put by and save up whatever his prosperity demands, so that there may be no need to take collections when I arrive. Whenever I arrive, I will send whoever you approve by letter to take your gifts to Jerusalem. If it is fitting for me to go, too, they will travel with me. I will come to you after I have passed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:2

Upon the first day of the week ,.... In an ancient copy of Beza's, and in some others, it is added, "the Lord's day". Upon some one first day of the week, or more, if there was a necessity for it, until the collection was finished; though the Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "every first day": but this is not the apostle's intention, that a collection should be made every first day, but only on some one day, or as long as it was necessary: for at the close of the verse he gives this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:3

And when I come ,.... To Corinth, as he intended very quickly: whomsoever you shall approve by your letters ; that is, such persons as this church should approve, and choose, and fix upon as proper persons to go with their collection; which approbation and choice they would signify by letters to the church, and principal men of it in Jerusalem, giving them a character as men of probity and faithfulness: them will I send . The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions join the phrase, "by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:2

Upon the first day of the week - The apostle prescribes the most convenient and proper method of making this contribution. Every man was to feel it his duty to succor his brethren in distress. He was to do this according to the ability which God gave him. He was to do this at the conclusion of the week, when he had cast up his weekly earnings, and had seen how much God had prospered his labor. He was then to bring it on the first day of the week, as is most likely, to the church or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:3

Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters - Why should Paul require letters of approbation in behalf of certain persons, when he himself should be among them, and could have their characters viva voce? It is probable that he refers here to letters of recommendation which they had sent to him while he was away; and he now promises that when he should come to Corinth, he would appoint these persons, whom they had recommended, to carry the alms to Jerusalem. If δοκιμασητε , be read ye shall... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:2

Verse 2 2.On one of the Sabbaths. The end is this — that they may have their alms ready in time. He therefore exhorts them not to wait till he came, as anything that is done suddenly, and in a bustle, is not done well, but to contribute on the Sabbath what might seem good, and according as every one’s ability might enable — that is, on the day on which they held their sacred assemblies. The clause rendered on one of the Sabbaths, ( κατὰ μίαν σαββάτων ,) Chrysostom explains to mean — the first... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:3

Verse 3 3.And when I come As we are cheerful in giving, when we know for certain, that what we give is well laid out, he points out to the Corinthians a method, by which they may be assured of a good and faithful administration — by selecting approved persons, to whom they may intrust the matter. Nay more, he offers his own services, if desired, which is an evidence that he has the matter at heart. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:1-2

The law of Christian giving. It is interesting to note that one of the first and most natural expressions of the Christian spirit was a consideration of the needs of the poorer members of the Church, and a readiness to share what good things were possessed with them. Of this spirit Barnabas is presented to us as offering the highest example ( Acts 4:36 ). His thought and feeling in this matter had very probably influenced his companion St. Paul. We can well understand that the Jewish... read more