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1 Corinthians 16:19

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The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

KJV

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

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This verse in 1 Corinthians 16

Commentary

11 notes on this verse
The churches of Asia salute you,.... The Syriac version renders it, "all" the churches.

This site's exposition

The churches of Asia salute you

on 1 Corinthians 16:19-21

The churches of Asia salute you: the letter closes its arms around the whole province Paul writes from, and Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house, the couple who had lived at Corinth and hosted Paul's tentmaking now hosting a congregation at Ephesus, their house church greeting the church they helped plant. All the brethren greet you; greet ye one another with an holy kiss, the family sign commanded here as in Romans. The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand: the amanuensis lays down the pen and Paul takes it, his autograph the letter's authentication as 2 Thessalonians 3:17 explains, and the bench pictures the change of hand the Corinthians would have seen on the page.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on 1 Corinthians 44 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

"All the Churches of Asia salute you." He is continually making the members combine and cleave together in one by means of the salutation. "Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord;-for with them he was lodging, being a tent-maker-"with the Church which is in their house." This thing too is no small excellency, that they had made their very house a Church.

A commentator

Ambrosiaster

COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES · Written before 384.

proposed

Paul refers to two kinds of church—public and domestic. One in which everyone assembles, he calls public. The other, in which people gather together through friendship, he calls domestic. Any place where a presbyter celebrates the solemn rites is called a church.

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 1 Corinthians · Written before 1274.

proposed

All the brethren send you greetings. The Apostle mentions here what others do for the Corinthians. And concerning this he does two things. First, he mentions how they are greeted by others; secondly, he adds his greeting (v. 21). Concerning the first he does three …

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Corinthians · Written before 1107.

proposed

Members of Christ he unites through greeting, according to his constant custom. He stayed with them, because he himself was also occupied with tent-making (Acts 18:1–3). Note their virtue in that they made their house a church, having arranged in it gatherings of the faithful. …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In some cases (as, for instance, were they cast away on a foreign shore, where there are no other Christians), they should be a church themselves, if large enough, and live in the use of all ordinances; but in common cases they should live under the direction of Christian rules, and daily offer up Christian worship.
4 more voices on this verse

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

We have the reason given for his staying at Ephesus for the present: Because a great door, and effectual, was opened to him, and there were many adversaries,

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

The churches of Asia - The word “Asia” in the New Testament usually denotes Asia Minor in general; see the note on Act 2:9. It was sometimes used in a more limited sense, to denote the region around Ephesus, and of which Ephesus was the center and capital; see note, Act 16:6. This is the region undoubtedly which is intended here. Salute you - Greet you; send respectful and affectionate Christian regards; see the note at Rom 16:3. Aquila and Priscilla - See the note on Act 18:26. Much in the Lord - With affectionate Christian salutations; or as Christians.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

From this we may explain Paul's entering "into every house and haling men and women": he would in searching for Christians go to their several "houses"' of prayer. in the Lord--They pray for all blessings on you from the Lord, the source of every good [GROTIUS]. ALFORD explains, "in a Christian manner," as mindful of your common Lord.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The Churches of Asia salute you - i.e. The Churches in Asia Minor. Ephesus was in this Asia, and it is clear from this that the apostle was not at Philippi; had he been at Philippi, as the subscription states, he would have said, The Churches of Macedonia, not the Churches of Asia, salute you. How these places lay, in reference to each other, the reader will at once perceive by consulting the map in Acts. Aquila and Priscilla - Of these eminent persons we have heard before: see Act 18:2, Act 18:18, Act 18:26; and Rom 16:3. With the Church that is in their house - That is, the company of believers who generally worshipped there. There were no churches or chapels at that time built; and the assemblies of Christians were necessarily held in private houses. It appears that Aquila and Priscilla devoted their house to this purpose. The house of Philemon was of the same kind; Phm 1:2. So was likewise the house of Nymphas, Col 4:15. See the note on Rom 16:5.

The words behind it

20 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 18:2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,9 worksRomans 16:5Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.7 works2 Timothy 4:19Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.6 worksRomans 16:3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,5 worksPhilemon 1:2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:3 works1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 19:10This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.2 worksRevelation 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”2 worksActs 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.2 worksColossians 4:15Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.2 worksActs 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.2 worksRomans 16:15Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.2 worksActs 2:9Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,2 works2 Timothy 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 18:2

    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to…

    it leads to

    • Romans 16:3–4

      Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Acts 18:26

      And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Timothy 4:19

      Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.

  • Through

    1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

    it leads to

    • James 1:1

      James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

    • Acts 2:5–11

      Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

    • Ephesians 2:19

      Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

    • Hebrews 11:13

      All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…

    • 1 Peter 2:11

      Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Corinthians

The Crucifixion, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Crucifixion, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the First Epistle to the Corinthians; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 44; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 1 Corinthians.

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