1 Corinthians 16:13

Let all your things be done with charity. Signifying, that the whole of their obedience to Christ, their observation of, and subjection to all his ordinances and commands, should spring from, and be…

Watch ye - The exhortation in this and the following verse is given evidently in view of the special dangers and temptations which surrounded them. The word used here (Γρηγορεῖτε Grēgoreite) means,…

Watch ye - You have many enemies; be continually on your guard; be always circumspect: -

1. Watch against evil;

2. Watch for opportunities to receive good;

3. Watch for opportunities to do good;

4.…

In this passage the apostle gives,

I. Some general advices; as, 1. That they should watch (Co1 16:13), be wakeful and upon their guard. A Christian is always in danger, and therefore should ever be on…

quit you like men, be strong Rather, be strengthened, implying that the source of strength was not in themselves. "If you think Christianity a feeble, soft thing, ill adapted to call out the manlier…