1 Corinthians 16 - How Should You Give to Your Church?
1 Corinthians 16 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary The Collection for the Lord’s People 16 Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 3 Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me. The Lord's people were those in the church in Jerusalem. Paul was collecting money to help the church help out the poor among them. They had a large number of poor widows in their congregation. The first day of the week is Sunday. Paul gives guidelines for how much they should give. He coaches them to give weekly based on their income. The Old Testament law was giving a tithe to the temple, but the New Testament writings of Paul a...