1 CORINTHIANS 16:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.”
Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatians to do — Paul addresses the collection for Jerusalem believers (the 'Lord's people'—likely Jewish Christians). He has already instructed Galatia similarly, establishing consistency across churches.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:1
Having completed his discourse concerning doctrines, and being about to enter upon that which belongs rather to morals, he dismisses every thing else and proceeds to the chief of good things, discoursing about alms. Nor does he discuss morals in general, but when he has treated of this matter alone, he leaves off. A thing however obviously unlike what he did every where else; for of alms and of temperance and of meekness and of long-suffering and of all the rest, he treats in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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