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1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 16
1Co_16:1-4 Paul directeth the Corinthians how to proceed in
their collections for the relief of the brethren at
Jerusalem.
1Co_16:5-9 He mentioneth his design of visiting them,
1Co_16:10-12 and commendeth Timothy, who was coming to them.
1Co_16:13-18 After some seasonable admonitions,
1Co_16:19-24 he closeth the Epistle with divers salutations.
The business of relieving the poor members of the church, is a moral duty, a sacrifice with which God is well pleased, Phi_4:18; our faith must work by this love. The apostle, in several Epistles, was very solicitous about this; he mentioneth it, Rom_15:26 Gal_2:10, as well as in this Epistle. Besides that our Saviour had foretold, that the state of the church would be such, that they should have the poor always with them; Agabus, Act_11:28, had prophesied of a famine, which (some think) raged at this time; and besides, the persecution at Jerusalem had scattered the brethren abroad, and being out of their country and employments, they could not but be at a loss for a livelihood, and so need the charitable contribution of other churches under better circumstances, as they were at this time in Greece. The churches of Galatia and Macedonia had been very liberal this way; and the apostle, by their example, quickens the churches both at Rome and Corinth, Rom_15:26 2Co_8:4. As to this he had (as he saith) given order to the churches of Galatia, which, it is thought, he did in his journey through Galatia, Act_16:6; and he ordereth the church at Corinth to follow that order, which followeth.