1 Corinthians 16:20

16:20 All the brothers and sisters ¹  send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

1 Corinthians 16:8

16:8 But I will stay in Ephesus ²  until Pentecost,

1 Corinthians 16:21

16:21 I, Paul, send this greeting with my own hand.

1 Corinthians 16:17

16:17 I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked. ³ 

1 Corinthians 6:3

6:3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters!

1 Corinthians 16:9

16:9 because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, ⁴  but there are many opponents.

1 Corinthians 9:9

9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” ⁵  God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

1 Corinthians 14:25

14:25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, “God is really among you.”

1 Corinthians 16:19

16:19 The churches in the province of Asia ⁶  send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca ⁷  greet ⁸  you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house.

1 Corinthians 12:28

12:28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

[16:20]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[16:8]  ² map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[16:17]  ³ tn Or “they have made up for your absence” (BDAG 70 s.v. ἀναπληρόω 3).

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “for a door has opened wide to me, great and effective.”

[9:9]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.

[16:19]  ⁶ tn 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.

[16:19]  ⁷ sn 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.

[16:19]  ⁸ tc 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.