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1 Corinthians 16:3

1 Corinthians 16:3
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when I come,.... To Corinth, as he intended very quickly:

whomsoever you shall approve by your letters; that is, such persons as this church should approve, and choose, and fix upon as proper…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters - Why should Paul require letters of approbation in behalf of certain persons, when he himself should be among them, and could have their characters viva…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 16:1-4

In this chapter Paul closes this long epistle with some particular matters of less moment; but, as all was written by divine inspiration, it is all profitable for our instruction. He begins with…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

whomsoever you shall approve byyour letters The word youris not in the original. The passage may be translated in two ways; (1) as in the text, which follows Tyndale and the Vulgate, and supposes that…