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Verse 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 c...
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WHOMSOEVER YE SHALL APPROVE BY YOUR LETTERS - There has been great
variety of opinion in regard to the proper construction of this verse.
Macknight supposes that the “letters” here referred to were no...
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2. EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER 16
_ 1. Concerning Collections. (1 Corinthians 16:1)_
2. Ministry. (1 Corinthians 16:5)
3. Greetings. (1 Corinthians 16:19
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1 CORINTHIANS 16. VARIOUS BUSINESS AND PERSONAL MATTERS. SALUTATION.
First (1 Corinthians 16:1) he gives instructions as to the collection
for the poor Christians at Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8 f.*, Ro...
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PRACTICAL PLANS (1 Corinthians 16:1-12)...
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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 what...
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APPROVE. Greek. _dokimazo_ See 1Co 3:13. 1 Corinthians 11:28.
BY (App-104. 1 Corinthians 16:1), &c. Read, "them will. send with
letters".
THEM. these.
SEND. App-174.
BRING. carry away. Greek. _apop...
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_whomsoever you shall approve by_your _letters_ The word _your_is not
in the original. The passage may be translated in two ways; (1) as in
the text, which follows Tyndale and the Vulgate, and suppose...
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ΔΙ' ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΩ͂Ν. Most modern editors punctuate so as to
connect δι' ἐπιστολῶν with what follows. So Chrysostom,
and also Wiclif. St Paul would give letters of commendation (cf. Acts
18:27; Romans 16:1;...
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1 Corinthians 16:1-24. SUNDRY PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS. CONCLUSION...
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_THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS -- 1 CORINTHIANS 16:1-4:_ A terrible
famine was taking place in Judea. (Acts 11:27-30) Many of the
Christians there found themselves in deep poverty. This situation
last...
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AND WHEN I COME, &C.— _When I come, whomsoever you shall approve,
them will I send with letters, to carry your liberality,_ &c. Locke.
The Apostle's sense justifies the present manner of reading; he
t...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Endow (1 Corinthians 16:1-9)
16 Now concerning the contribution for the saints: as I directed the
churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2On the first day of every
w...
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And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them
will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
APPROVE BY YOUR LETTERS - rather, 'whomsoever ye shall approve, them
will I s...
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40 There is no direct statement here that our bodies will be changed
to celestial bodies, in accord with the later revelation of Ephesians,
but such an inference would be in point. Even among the cele...
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16:3 letters (a-15) It may be read 'whomsoever ye shall approve by
letters, I will send them to carry,' &c....
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THE COLLECTION. PERSONAL MESSAGES AND CONCLUSION
The Apostle in this chapter instructs the Corinthians to make a
collection for the poor Christians in Judæa, intimates his intention
of visiting them a...
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BY _your_ LETTERS] of commendation to the Christians at Jerusalem: cp.
2 Corinthians 3:1; Delegates would go from Corinth to avoid all
suspicion of misappropriation of the money (2 Corinthians 8:19)....
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 16
PLANS ABOUT THE MONEY FOR JERUSALEM 16:1-4
V1 Now I will write about the money for God’s people. Do what I
told the churches in Galatia...
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WHOMSOEVER YE SHALL APPROVE BY YOUR LETTERS. — Better, _whomsoever
ye shall approve, them will I send by letters to bring your gifts to
Jerusalem._ The Apostle had not made up his mind finally whether...
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CHAPTER 25
THE POOR
IN 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...
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§ 57. CONCERNING THE COLLECTION. During his Third Missionary Journey
P. was collecting money for the relief of the Christian poor in
Jerusalem. Two chaps. in the middle of 2 Cor. are devoted to this
b...
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The Cor [2616] are to choose delegates to bear their bounty, who will
travel to Jerus. with P., if this be deemed fit. Acts 20:1-4 shows
that in the event a large number of representatives of Gentile...
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SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE
1 Corinthians 16:1
It is remarkable that the Apostle can turn from one of his sublimest
flights of sacred eloquence to deal with so ordinary a matter as the
collection. But, af...
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The last chapter of the epistle is local and personal. In the first
sentences important principles are revealed as to the true method of
Christian giving. It is to be regular and systematic rather tha...
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The Collection For the Saints
Paul next gave directions concerning what appears to be the same
collection mentioned in Romans 15:26-27. Some Jewish converts had been
responsible for teaching Gentiles....
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And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by [your] (c) letters,
them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
(c) Which you will give to them to carry....
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“Concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to
the Churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2. Upon the first day of the
week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he hath prospe...
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(1) Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given
order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. (2) Upon the first
day of the week let everyone of you lay by him in store, as God ha...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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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
fa...
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The apostle, in his letter, had treated of the disorder that reigned
among these believers, and his spirit was to a certain degree relieved
by fulfilling this duty towards them; for, after all, they w...
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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 per...
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And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by _your_ letters, them
will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
Ver. 3. _Your liberality_] Gr. your grace; that which having received
of God'...
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_Upon the first day of the week_ So κατα μιαν σαββατων
here signifies, the Hebrews using the numeral for the ordinal numbers,
as Genesis 1:5, _The evening and the morning were one day;_ that is,
the f...
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BY-LETTERS; this may mean letters from the brethren at Corinth, or
letters by Paul, commending the messengers to his friends at
Jerusalem....
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AND WHEN I COME, WHOMSOEVER YE SHALL APPROVE BY YOUR LETTERS, THEM
WILL I SEND TO BRING YOUR LIBERALITY UNTO JERUSALEM....
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CONCLUDING ADMONITIONS.
Regarding the collection for Jerusalem:...
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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
ne...
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LIBERALITY:
_ Gr._ gift...
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AND WHEN. ARRIVE, WHOMSOEVER YE SHALL APPROVE, THEM WILL. SEND WITH
LETTERS TO CARRY YOUR BOUNTY UNTO JERUSALEM:
'And when. arrive' -(1 Corinthians 4:19)
'WHOMSOEVER YE SHALL APPROVE' -'to the perso...
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1-9 The good examples of other Christians and churches should rouse
us. It is good to lay up in store for good uses. Those who are rich in
this world, should be rich in good works, 1 Timothy 6:17; 1...
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The word here translated _liberality, _ is the same which signifieth
grace; their charity is called by that name, either because it flowed
from their free love towards their poor brethren, (though liv...
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And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with
letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem :...
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1 Corinthians 16:3 And G1161 when G3752 come G3854 (G5638) whomever
G3739 G1437 G5128 approve G1381 ...
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'On the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store,
as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come. And when I
arrive, whoever you shall approve, them will I send with l...
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THE FINAL QUESTION. THE COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF GOD'S NEEDY PEOPLE
(16:1-4).
Illustrating the previous verse Paul now brings them down to
practicalities. They had asked concerning the collecting of m...
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_Collection for the Poor Saints at Jerusalem,_ 1-4.
The occasion of this “collection” was the “great dearth” which
a Christian prophet who came from Jerusalem to Antioch predicted would
come upon the...
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WHEN I ARRIVE
(οταν παραγενωμα). Whenever I arrive, indefinite
temporal conjunction οταν and second aorist middle
subjunctive.WHOMSOEVER YE SHALL APPROVE BY LETTERS
(ους εαν δοκιμασητε δι' επιστολ...
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CONTENTS: Closing instructions and greetings of Paul.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, Apollos, Aquila, Priscilla,
Stephanas, Fortunatus, Achaicus.
CONCLUSION: The Christian should lay by money in...
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1 Corinthians 16:1. _The collection for the saints,_ chiefly for the
poor ministers of the word. This was to be done once a week, and it is
the ancient and best way for poor people to support the gosp...
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AFTER I COME. Note the Corinthians were to choose their own men to
take this gift to Jerusalem. _MacKnight_ thinks the _letters of
introduction_ were written by the church at Corinth. Since the money...
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_Now concerning the collection._
COLLECTION IN CHURCH
This is in close connection with the sublime argument about the
resurrection. There is no gulf between doctrine and duty; rather, most
intimate...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 16:1 The Collection for the
Saints and Travel Plans. Paul explains how his future ministry will
involve the Corinthians....
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 16:3 Paul would SEND the money
with several representatives chosen by the Corinthian church. He took
care to prevent even an appearance of misuse of funds....
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CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _Now concerning the collection for the saints._ The
saints here meant were the poor Christians living at Jerusalem. Cf.
ver. 3 and Romans 15:26. For the Christians at Jerusalem, as...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 16:1. THE COLLECTION.—Very fully dealt with in 2
Corinthians 8,
9. Traceable thus; earlier, in Galatians 2:10, Paul’s original
pledge that he would “remember the poor,
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 16:1
_Directions and arrangements._
1 CORINTHIANS 16:1
NOW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS. "The saints" are here
the poor Christians at Jerusalem ...
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And so he writing to them now about taking up a collection for the
saints [that are in Jerusalem], as he asked also the churches in the
area of Galatia. Now he said on the first day of the week (1
Cor...
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1 Corinthians 11:34; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 8:19; 2
Corinthians 8:19;...
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Approve by your letters. So A. V. and Rev. Others, however, connect by
letters with will I send, making the letters to be Paul's introduction
to the church at Jerusalem. The latter is preferable. The...
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THE POSTLUDE
1 Corinthians 16:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Final words are always listened to eagerly among friends. That is the
reason we are calling the study for today, a postlude, because they
are the...