1 Corinthians 16:3 BSB

1 Corinthians 16:3

Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:

KJV

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1107)

He said well, "whom you shall approve," to avoid any scandal, lest they suspect that he wishes to take some portion of the collection for himself. So after the word "approve" place a period, then read: "them I will send with letters." The connection will …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters - There has been great variety of opinion in regard to the proper construction of this verse. Macknight supposes that the “letters” here referred to were not letters either to or from the apostle, but letters signed and sent by the congregation at Corinth, designating their appointment and their authority. With this interpretation Doddridge coincides; and this is required by the usual pointing of the Greektext, where the comma is inserted after the word letters, as in our translation.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

If English Version be retained, the sense will be, "When I come, I will send those whom by your letters, then to be given them, ye shall approve." But the antithesis (opposition or contrast) to Paul himself (1Co 16:4) favors GROTIUS' view. So "by" means with (Ro 2:27); and the Greek for "by" is translated, with (2Co 2:4). liberality--literally, gracious or free gift (2Co 8:4).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅταν	hotan	When	G3752 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
παραγένωμαι,	paragenōmai	I may have arrived,	G3854 →
οὓς	hous	whomever	G3739 →
ἐὰν	ean	maybe	G1437 →
δοκιμάσητε,	dokimasēte	you shall approve,	G1381 →
δι᾽	di᾽	with	G1223 →
ἐπιστολῶν	epistolōn	letters	G1992 →
τούτους	toutous	these	G3778 →
πέμψω	pempsō	I will send	G3992 →
ἀπενεγκεῖν	apenegkein	to carry	G667 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
χάριν	charin	bounty	G5485 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ·	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem;	G2419 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 8:6
So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:18
  I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
- 2 Corinthians 8:19
  More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
- 2 Corinthians 8:16–17
  But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
Through
1 Corinthians 11:34
If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:21–22
  For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
Through
2 Corinthians 8:4
they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
leads to
- Galatians 6:10
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- Acts 24:17
  After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
- Hebrews 6:10
  For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- 2 Corinthians 9:1
  Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.