NOW ABOUT THE COLLECTION FOR THE LORD'S PEOPLE: DO WHAT I TOLD THE GALATIAN CHURCHES TO DO.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:2
ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK, 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.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:3
THEN, WHEN I ARRIVE, I WILL GIVE LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION TO THE MEN YOU APPROVE AND SEND THEM WITH YOUR GIFT TO JERUSALEM.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:4
IF IT SEEMS ADVISABLE FOR ME TO GO ALSO, THEY WILL ACCOMPANY ME.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:5
AFTER I GO THROUGH MACEDONIA, I WILL COME TO YOU--FOR I WILL BE GOING THROUGH MACEDONIA.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:6
PERHAPS I WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR A WHILE, OR EVEN SPEND THE WINTER, SO THAT YOU CAN HELP ME ON MY JOURNEY, WHEREVER I GO.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:7
FOR I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOU NOW AND MAKE ONLY A PASSING VISIT; I HOPE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU, IF THE LORD PERMITS.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:8
BUT I WILL STAY ON AT EPHESUS UNTIL PENTECOST,
1 CORINTHIANS 16:9
BECAUSE A GREAT DOOR FOR EFFECTIVE WORK HAS OPENED TO ME, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO OPPOSE ME.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:10
WHEN TIMOTHY COMES, SEE TO IT THAT HE HAS NOTHING TO FEAR WHILE HE IS WITH YOU, FOR HE IS CARRYING ON THE WORK OF THE LORD, JUST AS I AM.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:11
NO ONE, THEN, SHOULD TREAT HIM WITH CONTEMPT. SEND HIM ON HIS WAY IN PEACE SO THAT HE MAY RETURN TO ME. I AM EXPECTING HIM ALONG WITH THE BROTHERS.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:12
NOW ABOUT OUR BROTHER APOLLOS: I STRONGLY URGED HIM TO GO TO YOU WITH THE BROTHERS. HE WAS QUITE UNWILLING TO GO NOW, BUT HE WILL GO WHEN HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:13
BE ON YOUR GUARD; STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH; BE COURAGEOUS; BE STRONG.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:14
DO EVERYTHING IN LOVE.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:15
YOU KNOW THAT THE HOUSEHOLD OF STEPHANAS WERE THE FIRST CONVERTS IN ACHAIA, AND THEY HAVE DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE SERVICE OF THE LORD'S PEOPLE. I URGE YOU, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
1 CORINTHIANS 16:16
TO SUBMIT TO SUCH PEOPLE AND TO EVERYONE WHO JOINS IN THE WORK AND LABORS AT IT.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:17
I WAS GLAD WHEN STEPHANAS, FORTUNATUS AND ACHAICUS ARRIVED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUPPLIED WHAT WAS LACKING FROM YOU.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:18
FOR THEY REFRESHED MY SPIRIT AND YOURS ALSO. SUCH MEN DESERVE RECOGNITION.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:19
THE CHURCHES IN THE PROVINCE OF ASIA SEND YOU GREETINGS. AQUILA AND PRISCILLA GREET YOU WARMLY IN THE LORD, AND SO DOES THE CHURCH THAT MEETS AT THEIR HOUSE.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:20
ALL THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE SEND YOU GREETINGS. GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH A HOLY KISS.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:21 I, PAUL, WRITE THIS GREETING IN MY OWN HAND.
1 CORINTHIANS 16:22
IF ANYONE DOES NOT LOVE THE LORD, LET THAT PERSON BE CURSED! COME, LORD!