1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first of the week, let, each one of you, put, by itself, in store, as he may be prospering,—lest, as soon as I come, then, collections, should be in progress.
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Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year, a hundredfold,—seeing that Yahweh had blessed him.
Genesis 30:30For it was, little, that thou hadst—before I came and then it brake forth into multitude, and Yahweh blessed thee at my every step. Now, therefore, when am, I, also to do something for my own house?
Genesis 33:11Take, I pray thee my blessing which hath been brought in to thee, because God hath shewed me favour and because I have everything. So he was urgent with him and he took it.
Deuteronomy 15:11For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the land—for this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
Haggai 2:16So long were things thus, that, on coming unto a heap of twenty, then was it found to be ten,—on coming unto the vat to draw off fifty measures, then were there found to be twenty.
Mark 12:41And, taking his seat over against the treasury, he was observing how, the multitude, was casting in copper into the treasury, and, man rich, were casting 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 →