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# 1 Corinthians 16

1 Corinthians 16 is chapter 16 of 16 in the First Letter to the Corinthians. Here are all 24 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Of collection of alms. Admonitions and salutations.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 1 Corinthians 16 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Now concerning the collections which are made for the saints: just as I have arranged for the churches of Galatia, so should it also be done with you.
2. On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.
3. And when I am present, whomever you shall approve through letters, these I shall send to bear your gifts to Jerusalem.
4. And if it is fitting for me to go too, they shall go with me.
5. Now I will visit you after I have passed through Macedonia. For I will pass through Macedonia.
6. And perhaps I will stay with you, and even spend the winter, so that you may lead me on my way, whenever I depart.
7. For I am not willing to see you now only in passing, since I hope that I may remain with you for some length of time, if the Lord permits.
8. But I must remain at Ephesus, even until Pentecost.
9. For a door, great and unavoidable, has opened to me, as well as many adversaries.
10. Now if Timothy arrives, see to it that he may be among you without fear. For he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I also do.
11. Therefore, let no one despise him. Instead, lead him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me. For I am awaiting him with the brothers.
12. But concerning our brother, Apollo, I am letting you know that I pleaded with him greatly to go to you with the brothers, and clearly it was not his will to go at this time. But he will arrive when there is a space of time for him.
13. Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened.
14. Let all that is yours be immersed in charity.
15. And I beg you, brothers: You know the house of Stephanus, and of Fortunatus, and of Achaicus, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have dedicated themselves to the ministry of the saints.
16. So you should be subject also to persons such as this, as well as to all who are cooperating and working with them.
17. Now I rejoice in the presence of Stephanus and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because what was lacking in you, they have supplied.
18. For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore, recognize persons such as this.
19. The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you greatly in the Lord, with the church of their household, where I also am a guest.
20. All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
21. This is a greeting from my own hand, Paul.
22. If anyone does not love our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema! Maran Atha.
23. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
24. My charity is with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

## 1 Corinthians 16 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. De collectis autem, quæ fiunt in sanctos, sicut ordinavi ecclesiis Galatiæ, ita et vos facite.
2. Per unam sabbati unusquisque vestrum apud se seponat, recondens quod ei bene placuerit: ut non, cum venero, tunc collectæ fiant.
3. Cum autem præsens fuero, quos probaveritis per epistolas, hos mittam perferre gratiam vestram in Jerusalem.
4. Quod si dignum fuerit ut et ego eam, mecum ibunt.
5. Veniam autem ad vos, cum Macedoniam pertransiero: nam Macedoniam pertransibo.
6. Apud vos autem forsitan manebo, vel etiam hiemabo: ut vos me deducatis quocumque iero.
7. Nolo enim vos modo in transitu videre, spero enim me aliquantulum temporis manere apud vos, si Dominus permiserit.
8. Permanebo autem Ephesi usque ad Pentecosten.
9. Ostium enim mihi apertum est magnum, et evidens: et adversarii multi.
10. Si autem venerit Timotheus, videte ut sine timore sit apud vos: opus enim Domini operatur, sicut et ego.
11. Ne quis ergo illum spernat: deducite autem illum in pace, ut veniat ad me: exspecto enim illum cum fratribus.
12. De Apollo autem fratre vobis notum facio, quoniam multum rogavi eum ut veniret ad vos cum fratribus: et utique non fuit voluntas ut nunc veniret: veniet autem, cum ei vacuum fuerit.
13. Vigilate, state in fide, viriliter agite, et confortamini.
14. Omnia vestra in caritate fiant.
15. Obsecro autem vos fratres, nostis domum Stephanæ, et Fortunati, et Achaici: quoniam sunt primitiæ Achaiæ, et in ministerium sanctorum ordinaverunt seipsos:
16. ut et vos subditi sitis ejusmodi, et omni cooperanti, et laboranti.
17. Gaudeo autem in præsentia Stephanæ, et Fortunati, et Achaici: quoniam id, quod vobis deerat, ipsi suppleverunt:
18. refecerunt enim et meum spiritum, et vestrum. Cognoscite ergo qui hujusmodi sunt.
19. Salutant vos ecclesiæ Asiæ. Salutant vos in Domino multum, Aquila et Priscilla cum domestica sua ecclesia: apud quos et hospitor.
20. Salutant vos omnes fratres. Salutate invicem in osculo sancto.
21. Salutatio, mea manu Pauli.
22. Si quis non amat Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, sit anathema, Maran Atha.
23. Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi vobiscum.
24. Caritas mea cum omnibus vobis in Christo Jesu. Amen.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 752: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 823: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1351: The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2849: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1269: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 451: Lord ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 671: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1130: The Sacraments of Eternal Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1403: The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory To Come" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “The whole sanctity and perfection of a soul consists in loving Jesus Christ, our God, our sovereign good, and our Redeemer.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ, ch. 1, 1768 (On this theme: verse 22)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 22: Anathema signifies here a thing accursed. Maran-atha, which, according to St. Jerome and St. Chrysostom, signify, 'The Lord is come' already, and therefore is to be taken as an admonition to those who doubted of the resurrection, and to put them in mind that Christ, the judge of the living and the dead, is come already. Others explain Maran-atha: 'May our Lord come', that is, to judge and punish those with exemplary judgments and punishments, that do not love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).