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Giving of Money and Time
In this passage, Paul answers a question the Corinthian believers had asked about a collection he was taking for the poor and then shares his personal travel plans. The Corinthians had apparently heard from the Galatian churches that he was taking an offering for the poor in Je …

Qualifications for Leadership
Paul begins a series of closing remarks, exhortations, challenges, and greetings. Faith, conviction, courage, and love are essential ingredients for success and victory. As the Corinthians wait for Paul’s next visit, he exhorts them to a fivefold commitment: “Watch ye” …

Paul’s Closing Remarks
Paul tells us about Aquila and Priscilla, a husband-and-wife team, who had been expelled from Rome because Aquila was a Jew (v. 19). They had come to Corinth and set up a tent-making business and this was where Paul first met them. When Paul moved from Corinth to Ephesus, they …