1 Corinthians 16:1-4 NIV

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 16:1

Now concerning the collection for the saints ,.... Not at Corinth, but at Jerusalem, as appears from 1 Corinthians 16:3 for the poor saints there, who were reduced to poverty, either through the spoiling of their goods by their persecuting countrymen; or through the selling of their possessions, and putting their substance into one common stock, which was now exhausted, partly by their living upon it, and partly by the expending of it for the enlargement of the interest of Christ, and the... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:4

And if it be meet that I go also ,.... If it should be convenient for me to go, or it should be thought proper and expedient that I should go; or, as the Syriac version renders it, "if this work should be worthy that I should go"; and the Arabic version, "if the thing should be worthy to go with me"; that is, their beneficence; if so large a collection should be made, that it will be worthy of an apostle to go along with it, hereby artfully pressing them to a good collection: they shall... read more

Adam Clarke

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

The collection for the saints - Περι - της λογιας , from λεγω , to gather, or collect; translated by the Vulgate, de collectis , a contribution made by the rich for the relief of the poor. The Christians living at Jerusalem, we may naturally suppose, were greatly straitened; as the enmity of their countrymen to the Gospel of Christ led them to treat those who professed it with cruelty, and spoil them of their goods; (see Hebrews 10:34 ; and Romans 15:26 ; and see the note Romans... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:4

And if it be meet, etc. - If it be a business that requires my attendance, and it be judged proper for me to go to Jerusalem, I will take those persons for my companions. On the delicacy with which St. Paul managed the business of a collection for the poor, Archdeacon Paley makes the following appropriate remarks: - "The following observations will satisfy us concerning the purity of our apostle's conduct in the suspicious business of a pecuniary contribution. "1st. He disclaims the having... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 16:4

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 16:4

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