1 With regard to the collection in favor of the saints, follow the rules that I gave to the churches of Galatia.
2 Every Sunday, let each of you put aside what you are able to spare, so that no collection need be made when I come.
3 Once I am with you, you will choose the persons whom I may accredit with letters to take your gifts to Jerusalem.
4 And if it seems better for me to go, they will go with me.
5 I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I want to go only through Macedonia.
6 I would like to stay with you for a while, and perhaps I will spend the winter so that you may help me on my way wherever I go.
7 I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I really hope to stay with you, if the Lord permits.
8 But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
9 because I have a door wide open here, even though there are many opponents.
10 When Timothy comes, make him feel at ease with you. Consider that, like me, he is working for the Lord.
11 Let no one look down on him. Help him continue his journey so that he may return to me without difficulties. I am expecting him with the brothers.
12 With respect to our brother Apollos, I have strongly urged him to visit you with the brothers, but he did not want to go at all; he will visit you at his first opportunity.
13 Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.
14 Let love be in all.
15 Now, brothers and sisters, you know that in Achaia, there is none better than Stephanas and his family and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the holy ones.
16 I urge you to be subject to such persons and to anyone who works and toils with them.
17 I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus who were able to represent you.
18 In fact, they appeased my spirit and yours. Appreciate persons like them.
19 The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord, as does the church that gathers in their house.
20 All the brothers and sisters greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
21 The greeting is from me, Paul, in my own hand.
22 A curse on anyone who does not love the Lord! Maranatha! Come, Lord!
23 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
24 My love to all in Christ Jesus.
Versículos relacionados com 1 Corinthians, 16:
Chapter 16 of 1 Corinthians deals with some practical issues related to the collection of offers for the saints in Jerusalem, travel plans and final greetings. Also, there is a final exhortation about the importance of doing everything with love. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Acts 20:35: "In everything I have shown to you that, working so, it is necessary to assist the sick and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said," More blessed thing is to give than to receive. " This verse highlights the importance of helping the needy and reinforces the idea of collecting offers to the saints in Jerusalem, mentioned in 1 Corinthians 16:1-4.
2 Corinthians 8:4: "Asking us, with many rogos, that we accepted the grace and communication of this service, which was done with the saints." This verse also relates to the collection of offers to the saints in Jerusalem and emphasizes the generosity of Christians to help the needy.
Romans 15:25-26: "But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. Because it seemed good to Macedonia and Achaia make a collection to the poor among the saints in Jerusalem." This verse refers to the same collection of offerings to the saints in Jerusalem mentioned in 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 and highlights how this help was seen as a responsibility of the whole church.
2 Timothy 4:20: "Erasto was in Corinth, and I left sick trophy in Miletus." This verse relates to the section of travel plans in 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 and shows that the people mentioned in these verses were real and acted in the ministry.
1 Corinthians 16:14: "All your things are done with love." This is the last verse of the chapter and highlights the importance of doing all things with love, an exhortation that permeates the whole book of 1 Corinthians.
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