1 Corinthians 16:22

1 Corinthians 16:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
• New International Version (NIV)If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!
• English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
• New King James Version (NKJV)If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!

Context of 1 Corinthians 16:22

20All the Christians here say ‘hello’ to you. When you meet, kiss each other as Christian brothers and sisters. 21I, Paul, am writing these words at the end of this letter with my own hand. I say ‘hello’ to you. If anyone among you does not really love the Lord, I pray that God will curse that person. Our Lord, come now! We are waiting for you! 23I pray that the Lord Jesus will continue to be kind to all of you. 24I love all of you who belong to Christ Jesus, as I do.

1 Corinthians 16:22 word by word

εἴ τις οὐ φιλεῖ τὸν κύριον ἤτω ἀνάθεμα. μαράνα θά.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• any manτιςtis · oneG5100
• loveφιλέωphileō · to loveG5368
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• let him beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Anathemaἀνάθεμαanathema · devotedG331
• Maran-athaμαρὰν ἀθάmaran atha · Come, Lord!G3134

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:22

• Isaiah 5:1Now I will sing a song for the person that I love. I will sing to him about his vineyard. ‘The one that I love had a vineyard. It was on a hill where the soil is good.
• Matthew 10:37Nobody should love his own father and mother more than he loves me. If he does, he cannot be my disciple. Nobody should love his own son or daughter more than he loves me. If he does, then he cannot be my disciple.
• Matthew 25:40The king will answer them, “I tell you this: You did all these things to help other people. They were not important people, but they were my friends. When you helped them, then you also helped me.”
• John 8:42Jesus said to them, ‘If God was your Father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here with you. I did not come on my own behalf, but God sent me.
• John 14:15Jesus then said, ‘If you love me, do what I have told you to do.
• John 15:24When I was with them, I did many great things. Nobody else ever did things like that. If I had not done those great things among them, they would not have known what is wrong. But they have seen what I did. As a result, they have hated me, and they have hated my Father too.
• John 16:14He will take my message and he will tell it to you. In that way, he will give me honour.
• John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus spoke to Simon Peter. He said, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these other disciples love me?’ Peter answered, ‘Yes Lord, you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’
• 2 Corinthians 5:14Whatever we do, we do it because Christ loves us. We know that one man, Christ, died on behalf of all people. So we also know that all of us died with him.
• 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not telling you that you must do this. I have told you how much other believers want to give their money. In that way, I want to see if you really love other people who need your help.
• Galatians 5:6We belong to Christ Jesus. So it does not matter whether anyone has circumcised us or not. The only thing that matters is that we believe in Christ. As a result we will love others in the way that we live.
• Ephesians 6:24I pray that God will be very kind to everyone who continues to love our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Hebrews 6:10God is always right and fair. He will not forget all the good things that you have done. You have shown that you love him very much, because you have helped the other believers. And you continue to help them as God's servants.
• 1 Peter 1:8You have never seen Jesus, but still you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him. As a result, you are very happy. There are no words to describe how happy you are.
• 1 Peter 2:7This stone is very valuable to you who believe in Jesus. But the Bible says this about people who do not believe in him: ‘The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.’
• 1 John 4:19We are able to love God and other people because God loved us first.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22If any man love not the Lord Jesus - This is directed immediately against the Jews. From 1 Corinthians 12:3, we find that the Jews, who pretended to be under the Spirit and teaching of God, called Jesus , or accursed; i.e. a person who should be devoted to destruction: see the note on 1 Corinthians 12:3. In this place the apostle retorts the whole upon themselves, and says: If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let Him be , accursed, and devoted to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ - This is a most solemn and affecting close of the whole epistle. It was designed to direct them to the great and essential matter of religion, the love of the Lord Jesus; and was intended, doubtless, to turn away their minds from the subjects which had agitated them, the disputes and dissensions which had rent the church into factions, to the great inquiry whether they truly loved the Saviour. It is implied that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-24Verses 19-24 Christianity by no means destroys civility. Religion should promote a courteous and obliging temper towards all. Those give a false idea of religion, and reproach it, who would take encouragement from it to be sour and morose. And Christian salutations are not mere empty compliments; but are real expressions of good-will to others, and commend them to the Divine grace and blessing. Every Christian family should be as a Christian church…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22To be cursed means to be condemned by God (see also Romans 9:3; Galatians 1:8–9). Come, O Lord!: Early Christians sometimes used this phrase in prayers (see also Revelation 22:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. A solemn closing warning added in his own hand as in Ep 6:24; Col 4:18. the Lord--who ought to be "loved" above Paul, Apollos, and all other teachers. Love to one another is to be in connection with love to Him above all. Ignatius [Epistle to the Romans, 7] writes of Christ, "My love, has been crucified" (compare So 2:7). Jesus Christ--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. let him be Anathema--accursed with that curse which the Jews who call Jesus…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 16:22

• Anathema Maran-Atha
• Church
• Corinth
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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