1 Corinthians 16:2

1 Corinthians 16:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

Context of 1 Corinthians 16:2

1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no collections when I come. 3And when I come, whomever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality to Jerusalem. 4And if it be proper that I should go also, they shall go with me.

1 Corinthians 16:2 word by word

κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου ἕκαστος ὑμῶν παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ τιθέτω θησαυρίζων ὅ τι ἐὰν εὐοδῶται, ἵνα μὴ ὅταν ἔλθω τότε λογεῖαι γίνωνται.Read the interlinear

• Uponκατάkata · according toG2596
• firstμίαmia · firstG3391
• weekσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521
• letτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• oneἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• youὑμῶνhumōn · of youG5216
• byπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• himἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• storeθησαυρίζωthēsaurizō · to store upG2343
• asὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• asἄνan · ifG302
• himεὐοδόωeuodoō · to get along wellG2137
• thatἵνα μήhina mē · lest/so that... notG3363
• beγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• collectionsλογίαlogia · collectionG3048
• collectionsτότεtote · thenG5119
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 16:2

• Luke 24:1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
• John 20:19Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, Peace be to you.
• Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.
• Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
• Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
• Genesis 30:27And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
• Genesis 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown to thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
• Genesis 33:11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it .
• Deuteronomy 8:18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to thy fathers, as it is this day.
• Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor shall never cease from the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand wide to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
• 2 Chronicles 31:10And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great abundance.
• Haggai 2:16Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the winepress to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
• Malachi 3:9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
• Mark 12:41And Jesus sat opposite the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
• Mark 14:8She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.
• Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Upon the first day of the week - The apostle prescribes the most convenient and proper method of making this contribution. Every man was to feel it his duty to succor his brethren in distress. He was to do this according to the ability which God gave him. He was to do this at the conclusion of the week, when he had cast up his weekly earnings, and had seen how much God had prospered his labor. He was then to bring it on the first day of the week, as is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Upon the first day of the week - Greek, “On one of the Sabbaths.” The Jews, however, used the word Sabbath to denote the week; the period of seven days; Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:9; Luke 18:12; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, John 20:19; compare Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:9. It is universally agreed that this here denotes the first day of the week, or the Lord‘s Day. Let every one of you - Let the collection be universal. Let each one esteem it his duty and his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Christians gathered on the first day of each week (see Acts 20:7) instead of the last day, as in the Old Testament (Exodus 20:8; 34:21; Isaiah 58:13–14). The first day was called the "Lord's Day," marking the day of the Lord's resurrection (Mark 16:9; Luke 24:13–15; John 20:19; Revelation 1:10). The amount of money to give was not specified. Paul later encouraged them to give as generously as possible (2 Corinthians 8:1–4; 9:6–13; compare Luke 12:33–34…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. first day of ... week--already kept sacred by Christians as the day of the Lord's resurrection, the beginning day both of the physical and of the new spiritual creations: it gradually superseded the Jewish sabbath on the seventh day (Psa 118:22-24; Joh 20:19, 26; Ac 20:7; Re 1:10). So the beginning of the year was changed from autumn to spring when Israel was brought out of Egypt. Three annual feasts, all typical of Christian truths, were directed to…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 16:2

• Alms
• Beneficence
• Blessing
• Giving
• Liberality
• Poor

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• Sabbath

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