What is the background of 1 Corinthians 16:1 about the collection of the offering?
The background of 1 Corinthians 16:1 concerns the collection for the Jerusalem saints. Paul had given the same order to the churches of Galatia, directing believers to lay aside offerings on the first day of the week. That day is tied to the resurrection, and giving is voluntary, as God has prospered, not a mandated ten percent.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 16:1 is about the collection of the offering for the saints, those Jerusalem believers. Paul says he had given order to the churches of Galatia to do the same, and the offering was to be laid by in store on the first day of the week. Les notes that although some claim Sunday was elevated from a pagan background, the first day of the week is significant because it was the day of the resurrection. He also says giving is not mandated at ten percent, though Abraham's gift of ten percent to Melchizedek in Genesis 14 is a guideline. Paul did not put believers back under the law; they give as the Lord has prospered them, led by the Holy Spirit, so there would be no offerings when Paul came.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
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What was the collection Paul wrote about in 1 Corinthians 16:1?
The collection Paul instructs about in 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 was an offering for the Jerusalem believers, and Paul told the Corinthians to do the same as he had ordered the churches of Galatia, laying it by on the first day of the week.
Who was the collection of money in Paul's letters for?
The collection Paul organized was for the poor saints in Jerusalem, whom he was always instructed to remember.