Verse 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 15:27 ;); and the apostle hereby teaches that it was the duty of one Christian congregation to help another when in distress.
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