1 Corinthians 16

The Collection for the Saints

¹Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.²On 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.³And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.⁴If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

Plans for Travel

⁵I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia,⁶and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go.⁷For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.⁸But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,⁹for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

¹⁰When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.¹¹So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

Final Instructions

¹²Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.

¹³Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.¹⁴Let all that you do be done in love.

¹⁵Now I urge you, brothers you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints—¹⁶be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.¹⁷I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence,¹⁸for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people.

Greetings

¹⁹The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.²⁰All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

²¹I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand.²²If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!²³The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.²⁴My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.