{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/1-corinthians/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-02T19:46:45.935Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":16,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so do ye do also."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"On the first of the week let each of you put by at home, laying up in whatever degree he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And when I am arrived, whomsoever ye shall approve, these I will send with letters to carry your bounty to Jerusalem:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and if it be suitable that I also should go, they shall go with me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But I will come to you when I shall have gone through Macedonia; for I do go through Macedonia."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But perhaps I will stay with you, or even winter with you, that ye may set me forward wheresoever I may go."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For I will not see you now in passing, for I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord permit."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But I remain in Ephesus until Pentecost."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For a great door is opened to me and an effectual one, and the adversaries many."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear; for he works the work of the Lord, even as I."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let not therefore any one despise him; but set him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now concerning the brother Apollos, I begged him much that he would go to you with the brethren; but it was not at all his will to go now; but he will come when he shall have good opportunity."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be vigilant; stand fast in the faith; quit yourselves like men; be strong."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let all things ye do be done in love."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the saints for service,)"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"that ye should also be subject to such, and to every one joined in the work and labouring."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But I rejoice in the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; because they have supplied what was lacking on your part."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: own therefore such."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The assemblies of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house, salute you much in the Lord."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The salutation of me Paul with my own hand."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"If any one love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 16 (DBT)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 16](https://primebible.com/dbt/1-corinthians/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/1-corinthians/16 (accessed 2026-06-02)."}}