Each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made.

For all the gods of the people are idols: But the LORD made the heavens. Glory and honour are in his presence; Strength and gladness are in his place.

1 Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set ...

The collection for the church at Jerusalem was a symbol in his mind for the unity of Jewish and Gentile Christianity.

David Guzik commentary on 1 Corinthians 16 concludes the letter of Paul to the Corinthian church, with an exhortation to the church to take a collection.

Paul ends his great letter to the Christians at the church in Corinth with a simple expression of his own affection for them.

16 Now concerning the collection for the holy ones,a you may follow the directions I gave to the congregations of Ga·laʹti·a.

16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, ...

1 Corinthians Chapter 16 · If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. · The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. · My love ...