1 Corinthians 16:2
Good News Translation
Every Sunday each of you must put aside some money, in proportion to what you have earned, and save it up, so that there will be no need to collect money when I come.

New Revised Standard Version
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come.

Contemporary English Version
That is, each Sunday each of you must put aside part of what you have earned. If you do this, you won't have to take up a collection when I come.

New American Bible
On the first day of the week each of you should set aside and save whatever he can afford, so that collections will not be going on when I come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
On the first day of the week, let every one of you put apart with himself, laying up what it shall well please him: that when I come, the collections be not then to be made.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

On the first day of the week, let every one of you put apart with himself, laying up what it shall well please him: that when I come, the collections be not then to be made.

the first.

Luke 24:1 And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

John 20:19,26 Now when it was late the same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them: Peace be to you. . . .

Acts 20:7 And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow. And he continued his speech until midnight.

Revelation 1:10 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

as God.

Genesis 26:12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

Genesis 30:27,30 Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake. . . .

Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I return with two companies.

Genesis 33:11 And take the blessing which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him,

Deuteronomy 8:18 But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth.

Deuteronomy 15:11-14 There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land. . . .

2 Chronicles 31:10 Azarias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc answered him, saying: Since the firstfruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten, and have been filled, and abundance is left, because the Lord hath blessed his people: and of that which is left is this great store which thou seest.

Haggai 2:16-19 When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty. . . .

Malachi 3:9,10 And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you. . . .

Mark 12:41-44 And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury. And many that were rich cast in much. . . .

Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater.

2 Corinthians 8:1-3,12-15 Now we make known unto you, brethren, the grace of God that hath been given in the churches of Macedonia. . . .

that.

2 Corinthians 8:11 Now therefore perform ye it also in deed: that as your mind is forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which you have.

2 Corinthians 9:3-5 Now I have sent the brethren, that the thing which we boast of concerning you be not made void in this behalf, that (as I have said) you may be ready: . . .

Context
The Collection for the Saints
1Now concerning the collections that are made for the saints: as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, so do ye also. 2On the first day of the week, let every one of you put apart with himself, laying up what it shall well please him: that when I come, the collections be not then to be made. 3And when I shall be with you, whomsoever you shall approve by letters, them will I send to carry your grace to Jerusalem.…
Cross References
Acts 20:7
And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow. And he continued his speech until midnight.

2 Corinthians 8:3
For according to their power (I bear them witness) and beyond their power, they were willing:

2 Corinthians 8:10
And herein I give my advice: for this is profitable for you who have begun not only to do but also to be willing, a year ago.

2 Corinthians 9:3
Now I have sent the brethren, that the thing which we boast of concerning you be not made void in this behalf, that (as I have said) you may be ready:

2 Corinthians 9:4
Lest, when the Macedonians shall come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to say ye) should be ashamed in this matter.

1 Corinthians 16:1
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