Romans 15:26

Poor saints] RV 'poor among the saints.' There was much poverty among the Christians at Jerusalem, increased, perhaps, by the ill-will of the rich, Sadducees. St. Paul had been intreated to 'remember the poor' (Galatians 2:10). At the same time there was mistrust at Jerusalem of him and his work. Therefore he had instituted a collection among the Gentile Churches, which, he hoped, would draw together the Gentile and Jewish Christians: cp. Acts 24:17; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 8:9; 2 Corinthians 8:9.