1 Corinthians 16:2

On each first day of the week, let every one of you lay aside and preserve at home, what he is able; that there may be no collections when I come.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

In Context

1And as to the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of the Galatians, so do ye.

3And when I come, those whom ye shall select, I will send with a letter, to carry your bounty to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Mark 12:41And as Jesus sat over against the treasury-room, he saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. And many rich ones cast in much.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:2-5

Contributions for the Poor. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. In this chapter Paul closes this long… Read the whole commentary →

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