_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 16:1. THE COLLECTION.—Very fully dealt with in 2 Corinthians 8, 9. Traceable thus; earlier, in Galatians 2:10, Paul’s original pledge that he would “remember the poor,” which he had already led the way in doing (Acts 15:29); Paul “_gives order_” to the Galatian Church... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 16:5.—This arrangement set aside an earlier plan (2 Corinthians 1:16) to come direct to Corinth from Ephesus by ship, and thence to go to Macedonia. Now he will come to Corinth _viâ_ Macedonia. This change of plan now announced occasioned the misconception and misrepr... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 16:15.—Postscript-like personal matters _begin here_. ACHAIA.—This corrects the wrong reading in Romans 16:5. STEPHANAS’ HOUSEHOLD.—See 1 Corinthians 1:16. What a family picture! “Addicted to,” etc. Stanley (apparently alone) thinks the Stephanas of 1 Corinthians 16:1... [ Continue Reading ]