1 Corinthians 16:14 (BSB)
Do everything in love.
From 1 Corinthians 16. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 16:14
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 16:14: 14. Let all your things be done in love Again he repeats what is the rule in all those transactions, in which we have dealings with one another. He wishes, then, that love shall be the directress; because the Corinthians erred chiefly in this respect — that every one looked to himself without caring for others.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 1 Corinthians 16:13-18: In this passage the apostle gives, I. Some general advices; as, 1. That they should watch (Co1 16:13), be wakeful and upon their guard. A Christian is always in danger, and therefore should ever be on the watch; but the danger is greater at some times and under some circumstances.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Corinthians 16:14: That ye submit yourselves to such,.... To persons of such a character, and in such an office; if in ministering to poor saints, by assisting them, and by putting into their hands; and putting it in their power to discharge their work fully, in which they were so heartily concerned; and if in the work of the ministry of the word, by attending their ministrations...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on 1 Corinthians 16:14: Verse 14. Let all your things, etc. All that you do. This direction is repeated on account of its great importance, and because it is a summing up of all that he has said in this epistle. See ; . Here he says, that charity, or love, was to regulate all that they did. This was a simple rule; and if this was observed, everything would be done well.