1Co 16:1-20 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Corinthians 16:1-20 (NET)

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A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians

16:1 With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia: 16:2 On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come. 16:3 Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem. 16:4 And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.

Paul’s Plans to Visit

16:5 But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia– for I will be going through Macedonia– 16:6 and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go. 16:7 For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows. 16:8 But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, 16:9 because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents. 16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too. 16:11 So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers. 16:12 With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

Final Challenge and Blessing

16:13 Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong. 16:14 Everything you do should be done in love. 16:15 Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you 16:16 also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard. 16:17 I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked. 16:18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this. 16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house. 16:20 All the brothers and sisters send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Achaia a Roman province located in Greece along the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth

· Achaicus a man who was sent from Corinth to Paul before Paul wrote 1 Corinthians.

· Apollos a Jewish man from Alexandria who was taught by Aquila and Priscilla

· Aquila the husband of Priscilla

· Asia A Roman province on the west side of Asia Minor.

· Ephesus a town in western Asia Minor at the mouth of the Cayster River

· Fortunatus a Corinthian Christian man

· Galatia a nation, and later a Roman province, in central Asia Minor

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Macedonia a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia

· Pentecost a sacred festival of the Jews observed 50 days after the Passover

· Prisca the wife of Aquila

· Priscilla the wife of Aquila

· Stephanas a man who, with his family, were the first converts in Achaia and who Paul baptised

· Timothy a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed

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Verse Notes / Footnotes NET Notes

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Co 16:1 Grk “as I directed the churches of Galatia, so also you yourselves do.”

NET Notes: 1Co 16:2 Grk “so that collections will not be taking place.”

NET Notes: 1Co 16:3 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: 1Co 16:8 For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

NET Notes: 1Co 16:9 Grk “for a door has opened wide to me, great and effective.”

NET Notes: 1Co 16:11 Since Paul appears to expect specific delegates here and they were most likely men, the Greek word ἀδελφοί (adelfo...

NET Notes: 1Co 16:12 Grk “it was simply not the will that he come now.”

NET Notes: 1Co 16:15 Grk “firstfruits.”

NET Notes: 1Co 16:17 Or “they have made up for your absence” (BDAG 70 s.v. ἀναπληρόω 3).

NET Notes: 1Co 16:19 The plural form of this verb, ἀσπάζονται (aspazontai, “[they] greet”), is found in seve...

¹tn Grk “the churches of Asia”; in the NT “Asia” always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

²sn On Aquila and Prisca see also Acts 18:2, 18, 26; Rom 16:3-4; 2 Tim 4:19. In the NT “Priscilla” and “Prisca” are the same person. The author of Acts uses the full name Priscilla, while Paul uses the diminutive form Prisca.

³tc The plural form of this verb, ἀσπάζονται (aspazontai, “[they] greet”), is found in several good mss (B F G 075 0121 0243 33 1739 1881) as well as the Byzantine cursives. But the singular is read by an equally impressive group (א C D K P Ψ 104 2464 pc). This part of the verse is lacking in codex A. Deciding on the basis of external evidence is quite difficult. Internally, however, the singular appears to have given rise to the plural: (1) The rest of the greetings in this verse are in the plural; this one was probably made plural by some scribes for purposes of assimilation; and, more significantly, (2) since both Aquila and Prisca are mentioned as the ones who send the greeting, the plural is more natural. The singular is, of course, not impossible Greek; indeed, a singular verb with a compound subject is used with some frequency in the NT (cf. Matt 13:55; Mark 8:27; 14:1; John 2:2; 3:22; 4:36, 53; Acts 5:29; 16:31; 1 Tim 6:4). This is especially common when “Jesus and his disciples” is the subject. What is significant is that when such a construction is found the emphasis is placed on the first-named person (in this case, Aquila). Normally when these two are mentioned in the NT, Priscilla is mentioned first (Acts 18:18, 26; Rom 16:3; 2 Tim 4:19). Only here and in Acts 18:2 (the first mention of them) is Aquila mentioned before Priscilla. Many suggest that Priscilla is listed first due to prominence. Though that is possible, both the mention of Aquila first here and the singular verb give him special prominence (cf. ExSyn 401-2). What such prominence means in each instance is difficult to assess. Nevertheless, here is a Pauline instance in which Aquila is given prominence. Too much can be made of the word order argument in either direction.

NET Notes: 1Co 16:20 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

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