1 CORINTHIANS 16:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, laying it aside at home — the protocol: weekly giving (en tê hemeíâ ton kyriakoú—literally 'on the day of the Lord,' Sunday, marking Christian worship's separation from Jewish Sabbath) according to prosper (kathopoiéítai, as success comes). Home-storage suggests accumulation before transmission.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:2
“What then, I ask, did you give order about?” “On the first day of the week,” that is, the Lord's day, “let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper.” Mark how he exhorts them even from the time: for indeed the day was enough to lead them to almsgiving. Wherefore “call to mind,” says he, what ye attained to on this day: how all the unutterable blessings, and that which is the root and the beginning of our life took place on this day. But not in this regard only…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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