1 Corinthians 16:2
1 Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
3 Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
4 And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- On the first day of every week, let each one of you save as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.
- ASV
- Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
- DARBY
- On [the] first of [the] week let each of you put by at home, laying up [in] whatever [degree] he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.
- BLB
- Every first of the week, let each one of you⁺ put aside, treasuring up whatever he may be prospered in, so that when I might come, then there should be no collections.
- ÅB
- På hver første dag i uken legge enhver av dere hjemme hos seg selv til side det han får lykke til, for at innsamlingen ikke skal skje først da når jeg kommer.
- OTB
- På den første dagen i hver uke skal hver av dere legge til side og spare, etter som han har fremgang, så det ikke trenger å gjøres innsamlinger når jeg kommer.
- B1930
- På hver første dag i uken legge enhver av eder hjemme hos sig selv til side det han får lykke til, forat innsamlingen ikke skal skje først da når jeg kommer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 3:9–10
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
Read in contextLuke 16:10
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Read in contextActs 20:7
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:11–14
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:18
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:3–5
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:11–15
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
Read in contextRevelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
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