The Collection for the Saints
16:1 Now concerning1 the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
Footnotes
[1] 16:1
The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1; also verse 12 (ESV)
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2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
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