Verse 1 Corinthians 16:8. _I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS_] And it is very probable that he did so; and that all these journeys were taken as he himself had projected. See note on 1 Corinthians 16:5....
BUT I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS - This passage proves that this letter was written from Ephesus. It is by such indications as this usually that we are able to determine the place where the Epistles were w...
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
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...
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...
PRACTICAL PLANS (1 Corinthians 16:1-12)...
AT. in. App-104. PENTECOST. See Acts 2:1....
_But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost_ The narrative in the Acts agrees most minutely with this passage. We there find that St Paul had formed his plan of visiting Greece some time before he ca...
ἝΩΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΣΤΗ͂Σ. Observe the minute, yet undesigned agreement of this passage with the narrative in the Acts. We find (Acts 19:21) that St Paul had decided on visiting Greece some time before he...
1 Corinthians 16:1-24. SUNDRY PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS. CONCLUSION...
_PAUL AND OTHERS TO VISIT CORINTH -- 1 CORINTHIANS 16:5-12:_ Paul had a desire to visit Corinth again. He hoped to see them when he passed through Macedonia. Paul told them that he might stay all wint...
BUT I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS, &C.— This is a plain intimation that St. Paul was now at Ephesus, and, consequently, that the inscription added at the end of the epistle, which tells us it was written _f...
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...
But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. AT, EPHESUS - whence Paul writes. Compare . "Asia," wherein Ephesus was. UNTIL PENTECOST. He seems to have stayed as he here purposes; for, just when...
8 Paul's delay in going to Corinth is fully explained in the second epistle. He wished to give them time for repentance. Besides, he was meeting with much success, for even his enemies acknowledged th...
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...
PENTECOST] one of the three great Jewish feasts, associated under Christianity with the descent of the Holy Spirit....
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...
BUT I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS. — In this and the following verse the Apostle returns to his immediate plans at Ephesus. It was probably now about Easter-time (see 1 Corinthians 16:7), and the hostility...
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...
§ 58. VISITS TO CORINTH. The arrangements for the Collection have led P. to speak of his approaching visit to Cor [2629], and he explains more definitely his plans in this respect (1 Corinthians 16:5-...
“But I stay on in Ephesus until the Pentecost” τῆς πεντηκοστῆς (ἡμέρας), “the fiftieth day” from the 16th Nisan in the Passover Feast (see parls.). This suggests that P. is writing not very long befor...
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...
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...
A Change In Plans Paul told them he planned to come to Corinth after he passed through Macedonia. Originally, he had planned to pass through Corinth on the way to Macedonia and again on his return, bu...
“But I will tarry at Ephesus till Pentecost; 9. for a great door and effectual is open unto me, and there are many adversaries.” It is commonly thought this was the date when the tumult excited by Dem...
HIS APPROACHING VISIT TO CORINTH. 1 CORINTHIANS 16:5-9. Paul had just alluded to his approaching stay at Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:3). He now dwells on the subject, to give some explanations about it...
(5) Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. (6) And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey wh...
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...
8._I will remain. _From this statement I have argued above, that this epistle was sent from Ephesus, rather than from Philippi. For the probability is, that the Apostle speaks of the place in which he...
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...
BUT I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS TILL PENTECOST. The feast of weeks, or of harvest, which was fifty days from the passover; Acts 2:1 which though abrogated at the death of Christ, was observed by the Jews...
But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. Ver. 8. _But I will tarry at Ephesus_] From thence then he wrote this Epistle, and not at Philippi, as the subscription hath it. See 1 Corinthians 16:5 ....
_Now I will come unto you_ If Providence permit; _when I shall pass_ Or rather, _when I shall have passed; through Macedonia; for I do pass through Macedonia_ I purpose going that way, that I may visi...
PENTECOST; this feast was celebrated in June, fifty days after the Passover, which was in April. Acts 2:1....
BUT I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS UNTIL PENTECOST....
Paul's proposed visit to Corinth:...
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...
BUT. WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS UNTIL PENTECOST; 'Pentecost' -'The mention of Pentecost does not imply that the early church kept that day as. religious holiday. Instead, it marks it as. time period in t...
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...
He altered this resolution afterward, for, ACTS 20:16, _he hasted, if it were possible, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost._ Pentecost was a Jewish feast, and not named here as a feast then celeb...
But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost;...
Polycrates of Ephesus They were keeping it "unleavened" ceremonially, and he urges a spiritual unleavening as more important. The Christian hallowing of Pentecost connects with the Paschal argument....
1 Corinthians 16:8 But G1161 tarry G1961 (G5692) in G1722 Ephesus G2181 until G2193 Pentecost G4005 at -...
PAUL PROMISES THAT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE HE WILL SOON VISIT THEM BUT MEANWHILE ASKS THEM TO GIVE TIMOTHY A TRUE CHRISTIAN WELCOME, AND ASSURES THEM TOO OF APOLLOS' CONCERN FOR THEM (16:5-12). Paul knew t...
'But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost, for a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.' On the other hand things were going so well at Ephesus, in spite of the o...
1 Corinthians 16:8. BUT I WILL TARRY AT EPHESUS UNTIL PENTECOST. _N.B._ The allusion here to Pentecost fixes the _date_ of this Epistle, while that to Ephesus shews _from whence it_ was written....
UNTIL PENTECOST (εως της Πεντηκοστης). He writes them in the spring before pentecost. Apparently the uproar by Demetrius hurried Paul away from Ephesus (Acts 20:1)....
1 Corinthians 16:8 What Christianity does for a Man. I. Christianity made Paul courageous. "There are many adversaries." A very good reason for leaving Ephesus, but, some of us would have thought, a...
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...
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...
UNTIL THE DAY OF PENTECOST. Pentecost came in late spring....
_Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia._ GOD’S WILL THE RULE AND SPIRITUAL USEFULNESS THE END OF LIFE I. God’s will should be the rule of life. Paul had made a plan to visit...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 16:8 PENTECOST. The “Feast of Weeks,” described in Leviticus 23:15. It was a grain harvest celebration that ended 50 day
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....
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...
_I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost._ Viz., because at Ephesus was the famous temple of Diana, and because the chief men of Asia Minor lived there. Hence the Proconsul of Asia Minor resided at Ep...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 16:5.—This arrangement set aside an earlier plan (2 Corinthians 1:16) to come direct to Corinth from Ephesus by ship, and thence to go to Macedonia. Now he will come to...
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 ...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:32; Acts 2:1; Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:15...
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...
I will stay at Ephesus — Where he was at this time....