Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

1 Corinthians 16:2

σαββάτου ABCDEFG Vetus Lat. Vulg. Peshito. Rec. σαββάτων.

2. κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου. This verse, Acts 20:7, and Revelation 1:10, are the only passages in Scripture which notice the practice, universal among Christians, of observing the day of the Lord’s Resurrection. But though it is clear enough, from other evidence, that the Christian Church was from the first accustomed to meet for worship on the first day of the week, it cannot (see note on next verse) be inferred from this passage. The rec. σαββάτων has given rise to Tyndale’s rendering in some saboth daye, and Calvin’s on one of the sabbaths.

παρ' ἑαυτῷ. At home. Apud se, Vulg. Not, as is generally supposed, in the assembly. ‘He does not say “bring it at once,” lest the giver should be ashamed of the smallness of his contribution, but first lay it up by thyself, and when it is worthy of collection, then bring it.’ Chrysostom. This Father mentions a custom prevalent in his time of placing a small box by the bed-side into which an offering was to be put whenever prayer was made.

θησαυρίζων, treasuring up.

ὅ τι ἂν εὐοδῶται. Literally, in whatsoever he may be prospered, not, as A.V., as God hath prospered him. εὐοδῶμαι means literally to have an easy journey. See Romans 1:10; 3 John 1:2. Hence it comes to mean generally to prosper. The feeling of brotherhood between men of different nationalities, and widely separated from one another, which this precept was calculated to strengthen, was altogether the creation of the Gospel. This age has seen a vast extension of it.

ἵνα μή. The Greek is somewhat stronger than the A.V. in the emphasis it gives to the undesirableness of delaying the collection until St Paul’s arrival.

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