1 Corinthians 16:1

'Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do you.'

We may assume that the Corinthian Church had heard about ‘the collection' Paul was bringing together for the poor saints in Jerusalem (1 Corinthians 16:3), possibly in Paul's earlier letter, and wanted to make their contribution. This concern of churches for their worse off brethren was a common feature of the early church, and James, Peter, and John had encouraged Paul and Barnabas to remember the poor when they were visiting Jerusalem (Galatians 2:10; compare Acts 11:27).

We have no record elsewhere of the directions Paul gave to the Galatian churches (‘as I gave order to'), to which he refers here. These were probably the churches of southern Galatia, which included Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Paul had passed through this region as he moved toward Ephesus from which he wrote this epistle (Acts 18:23). He now repeated his directions to the Corinthians commending them to follow them as well (‘so also do you').