American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 16:3
3And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:
1 Corinthians 16:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
- New International Version (NIV)Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem.
Context of 1 Corinthians 16:3
1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. 2Upon 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. And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem: 4and if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me. 5But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;
Read all of 1 Corinthians 161 Corinthians 16:3 word by word
ὅταν δὲ παραγένωμαι, οὓς ἐὰν δοκιμάσητε, δι᾽ ἐπιστολῶν τούτους πέμψω ἀπενεγκεῖν τὴν χάριν ὑμῶν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:3
- 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.
- 1 Corinthians 11:34If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.
- Acts 6:1Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:
- 2 Corinthians 8:4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters - Why should Paul require letters of approbation in behalf of certain persons, when he himself should be among them, and could have their characters viva voce? It is probable that he refers here to letters of recommendation which they had sent to him while he was away; and he now promises that when he should come to Corinth, he would appoint these persons, whom they had recommended, to carry the alms to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters - There has been great variety of opinion in regard to the proper construction of this verse. Macknight supposes that the “letters” here referred to were not letters either to or from the apostle, but letters signed and sent by the congregation at Corinth, designating their appointment and their authority. With this interpretation Doddridge coincides; and this is required by the usual pointing of the Greektext…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Paul responds to the Corinthians' question about the donation for poor Christians in Jerusalem (Acts 24:17; Romans 15:25–27; Second Corinthians 8–9; Galatians 2:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. approve by your letters--rather translate, "Whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters": namely, letters to several persons at Jerusalem, which would be their credentials. There could be no need of letters from them before Paul's coming, if the persons recommended were not to be sent off before it. Literally, "by letters"; an abbreviated expression for "I will send, recommending them by letters" [Grotius]. If English Version be…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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