New American Standard Bible 1995
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 brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 21The greeting is in my own hand--Paul. If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha. 23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. 24My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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εἴ τις οὐ φιλεῖ τὸν κύριον ἤτω ἀνάθεμα. μαράνα θά.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:22
- Isaiah 5:1Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
- Matthew 10:37“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
- Matthew 25:40The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’
- John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
- John 14:15“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
- John 16:14He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
- John 21:15So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My lambs.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
- Ephesians 6:24Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
- Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.
- 1 Peter 1:8and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
- 1 Peter 2:7This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,”
- 1 John 4:19We love, because He first loved us.
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
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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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