1 Corinthians 16:24
My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
My love
The phrase "My love" in 1 Corinthians 16:24 is a deeply personal expression from the Apostle Paul to the Corinthian church. The Greek word for love here is "agape," which signifies a selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love. This is the same type of love that God shows to humanity, and it is the highest form of love in the Christian context. Paul's use of "my" personalizes this love, indicating his deep affection and commitment to the spiritual well-being of the Corinthians. Historically, this reflects the pastoral heart of Paul, who, despite the challenges and corrections he had to address in the Corinthian church, maintained a profound love for them. This love is not merely emotional but is rooted in a desire for their growth in Christ.

be with all of you
The phrase "be with all of you" is a benediction, a blessing of presence and unity. The Greek word for "with" is "meta," which implies accompaniment and association. Paul is expressing his desire that his love, which is a reflection of Christ's love, would be a constant presence among the believers. The phrase "all of you" emphasizes inclusivity, showing that Paul's love and the love of Christ are not limited to a select few but extend to the entire community. This is significant in the context of the Corinthian church, which was marked by divisions and conflicts. Paul's blessing is a call to unity, reminding them that they are all part of the body of Christ and should live in harmony and love.

in Christ Jesus
The phrase "in Christ Jesus" is central to Paul's theology and is a recurring theme throughout his epistles. The Greek preposition "en" (in) denotes a fixed position or state, indicating that the love Paul speaks of is rooted and grounded in the person and work of Jesus Christ. "Christ" is the Greek "Christos," meaning "Anointed One," and "Jesus" is the Greek form of the Hebrew "Yeshua," meaning "The Lord saves." This phrase encapsulates the believer's identity and position, highlighting that all spiritual blessings, including love, are found in a relationship with Christ. Historically, this reflects the early Christian understanding of being united with Christ in His death and resurrection, which is the foundation of Christian life and community. Paul's use of this phrase underscores that true love and unity can only be achieved through a shared faith in Jesus Christ.

Amen
The word "Amen" is a transliteration of the Hebrew word "āmēn," meaning "truly" or "so be it." It is a declaration of affirmation and agreement, often used to conclude prayers and benedictions. In the context of 1 Corinthians 16:24, "Amen" serves as a seal of authenticity and sincerity to Paul's expression of love and blessing. It is a powerful affirmation of the truths he has conveyed throughout the letter, and it invites the readers to join in this affirmation. The use of "Amen" also connects the New Testament writings to the Hebrew tradition, showing continuity in the faith and practice of God's people. It is a reminder that the words spoken are not just human sentiments but are grounded in divine truth and authority.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Paul the Apostle
The author of the letter, Paul, was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and epistles that form a significant portion of the New Testament.

2. Corinth
A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and immorality. The church in Corinth faced many challenges, including divisions and moral issues, which Paul addresses in his letters.

3. The Corinthian Church
The recipients of the letter, this early Christian community struggled with issues of unity, spiritual gifts, and moral conduct, prompting Paul's guidance and correction.
Teaching Points
The Centrality of Love in Christian Fellowship
Paul's closing words emphasize the importance of love as the binding force in Christian relationships. Love should be the hallmark of our interactions within the church.

Love Rooted in Christ
The phrase "in Christ Jesus" signifies that true Christian love is grounded in our relationship with Christ. Our love for others should reflect the love we have received from Him.

The Role of Apostolic Authority and Affection
Paul, as an apostle, not only instructs but also expresses personal affection for the believers. Leaders in the church today should balance authority with genuine love and care for their congregations.

The Power of a Blessing
Paul's benediction serves as a reminder of the power of speaking blessings over others. We are encouraged to bless and pray for our fellow believers regularly.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does Paul's expression of love in 1 Corinthians 16:24 reflect the teachings of Jesus in John 13:34-35?

2. In what ways can we ensure that our love for others is rooted "in Christ Jesus" as Paul describes?

3. How can church leaders today emulate Paul's balance of authority and affection in their ministry?

4. What practical steps can we take to make love the central characteristic of our church community?

5. How can we incorporate the practice of blessing others into our daily lives, following Paul's example in this verse?
Connections to Other Scriptures
John 13:34-35
Jesus commands His disciples to love one another as He has loved them, which is a foundational principle echoed by Paul in his expression of love for the Corinthians.

Romans 5:5
This verse speaks of God's love being poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, which aligns with Paul's desire for his love to be with the Corinthians in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:8
Paul expresses a deep affection for the Philippians, similar to his expression of love for the Corinthians, showing the consistent theme of love in his ministry.
Paul's Love to the Corinthians WasJ. Lyth, D.D.1 Corinthians 16:24
Closing WordsC. Lipscomb 1 Corinthians 16:19-24
People
Achaicus, Apollos, Aquila, Corinthians, Fortunatus, Paul, Prisca, Priscilla, Stephanas, Timotheus, Timothy
Places
Achaia, Asia, Corinth, Ephesus, Galatia, Jerusalem, Macedonia
Topics
Amen, Christ, Love
Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Corinthians 16:24

     8296   love, nature of
     8634   amen

1 Corinthians 16:19-24

     5328   greeting

Library
Strong and Loving
'Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 14. Let all your things be done with charity.'--1 COR. xvi. 13, 14. There is a singular contrast between the first four of these exhortations and the last. The former ring sharp and short like pistol-shots; the last is of gentler mould. The former sound like the word of command shouted from an officer along the ranks; and there is a military metaphor running all through them. The foe threatens to advance; let the guards keep their
Alexander Maclaren—Romans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)

Anathema and Grace
'The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. 22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha. 23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.'--1 COR. xvi. 21-24. Terror and tenderness are strangely mingled in this parting salutation, which was added in the great characters shaped by Paul's own hand, to the letter written by an amanuensis. He has been obliged, throughout the whole epistle, to assume a tone of remonstrance
Alexander Maclaren—Romans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)

The Faithful Steward
"GOD IS LOVE." Perfectly blessed in Himself, he desired that other intelligences should participate in his own holy felicity. This was his primary motive in creating moral beings. They were made in his own image--framed to resemble him in their intellectual and moral capacities, and to imitate him in the spirit of their deportment. Whatever good they enjoyed, like him, they were to desire that others might enjoy it with them; and thus all were to be bound together by mutual sympathy,--linked
Sereno D. Clark—The Faithful Steward

The Twenty-Second Psalm.
The Cross of Christ. THE Twenty-second Psalm contains a most remarkable prophecy. The human instrument through whom this prophecy was given is King David. The Psalm does not contain the experience of the King, though he passed through great sufferings, yet the sufferings he speaks of in this Psalm are not his own. They are the sufferings of Christ. It is written in the New Testament that the prophets searched and enquired diligently about the coming salvation. The Spirit of Christ, which was in
Arno Gaebelein—The Lord of Glory

Of the Duties which we are to Perform after Receiving the Holy Communion, Called Action or Practice.
The duty which we are to perform after the receiving of the Lord's Supper is called action or practice, without which all the rest will minister to us no comfort. The action consists of two sorts of duties:---First, Such as we are to perform in the church, or else after we are gone home. Those that we are to perform in the church are either several from our own souls, or else jointly with the congregation. The several duties which thou must perform from thine own soul are three:--First, Thou must
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety

The Apostolic Scriptures.
"And I think that I also have the Spirit of God."--1 Cor. vii. 40. We have seen that the apostolate has an extraordinary significance and occupies a unique position. This position is twofold, viz., temporary, with reference to the founding of the first churches, and permanent, with regard to the churches of all ages. The first must necessarily be temporary, for what was then accomplished can not be repeated. A tree can be planted only once; an organism can be born only once; the planting or founding
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

The Clergyman and the Prayer Book.
Dear pages of ancestral prayer, Illumined all with Scripture gold, In you we seem the faith to share Of saints and seers of old. Whene'er in worship's blissful hour The Pastor lends your heart a voice, Let his own spirit feel your power, And answer, and rejoice. In the present chapter I deal a little with the spirit and work of the Clergyman in his ministration of the ordered Services of the Church, reserving the work of the Pulpit for later treatment. THE PRAYER BOOK NOT PERFECT BUT INESTIMABLE.
Handley C. G. Moule—To My Younger Brethren

"And Watch unto Prayer. "
1 Pet. iv. 7.--"And watch unto prayer." "Watch." A Christian should watch. A Christian is a watchman by office. This duty of watchfulness is frequently commanded and commended in scripture, Matt. xxiv. 42, Mark xiii. 33, 1 Cor. xvi. 13, Eph. vi. 18, 1 Pet. v. 8, Col. iv. 2; Luke xii. 37. David did wait as they that did watch for the morning light. The ministers of the gospel are styled watchmen in scripture and every Christian should be to himself as a minister is to his flock, he should watch over
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

For if they be Urged from the Gospel that they Should Put Nothing By...
31. For if they be urged from the Gospel that they should put nothing by for the morrow, they most rightly answer, "Why then had the Lord Himself a bag in which to put by the money which was collected? [2572] Why so long time beforehand, on occasion of impending famine, were supplies of corn sent to the holy fathers? [2573] Why did Apostles in such wise provide things necessary for the indigence of saints lest there should be lack thereafter, that most blessed Paul should thus write to the Corinthians
St. Augustine—Of the Work of Monks.

Tithing
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it" (Mal. 3:10). Down deep in the heart of every Christian there is undoubtedly the conviction that he ought to tithe. There is an uneasy feeling that this is a duty which has been neglected, or, if you prefer it, a privilege that has not been
Arthur W. Pink—Tithing

The Fourth Commandment
Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it. Exod 20: 8-11. This
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Differences in Judgment About Water Baptism, no Bar to Communion: Or, to Communicate with Saints, as Saints, Proved Lawful.
IN ANSWER TO A BOOK WRITTEN BY THE BAPTISTS, AND PUBLISHED BY MR. T. PAUL AND MR. W. KIFFIN, ENTITLED, 'SOME SERIOUS REFLECTIONS ON THAT PART OF MR BUNYAN'S CONFESSION OF FAITH, TOUCHING CHURCH COMMUNION WITH UNBAPTIZED BELIEVERS.' WHEREIN THEIR OBJECTIONS AND ARGUMENTS ARE ANSWERED, AND THE DOCTRINE OF COMMUNION STILL ASSERTED AND VINDICATED. HERE IS ALSO MR. HENRY JESSE'S JUDGMENT IN THE CASE, FULLY DECLARING THE DOCTRINE I HAVE ASSERTED. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'Should not the multitude of words be answered?
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Tithing
There are few subjects on which the Lord's own people are more astray than on the subject of giving. They profess to take the Bible as their own rule of faith and practice, and yet in the matter of Christian finance, the vast majority have utterly ignored its plain teachings and have tried every substitute the carnal mind could devise; therefore it is no wonder that the majority of Christian enterprises in the world today are handicapped and crippled through the lack of funds. Is our giving to be
Arthur W. Pink—Tithing

Concerning Worship.
Concerning Worship. [780] All true and acceptable worship to God is offered in the inward and immediate moving and drawing of his own Spirit which is neither limited to places times, nor persons. For though we are to worship him always, and continually to fear before him; [781] yet as to the outward signification thereof, in prayers, praises, or preachings, we ought not to do it in our own will, where and when we will; but where and when we are moved thereunto by the stirring and secret inspiration
Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed.
"Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord."--Jeremiah i. 8. The Prophets were ever ungratefully treated by the Israelites, they were resisted, their warnings neglected, their good services forgotten. But there was this difference between the earlier and the later Prophets; the earlier lived and died in honour among their people,--in outward honour; though hated and thwarted by the wicked, they were exalted to high places, and ruled in the congregation.
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII

Ten Reasons Demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be Moral.
1. Because all the reasons of this commandment are moral and perpetual; and God has bound us to the obedience of this commandment with more forcible reasons than to any of the rest--First, because he foresaw that irreligious men would either more carelessly neglect, or more boldly break this commandment than any other; secondly, because that in the practice of this commandment the keeping of all the other consists; which makes God so often complain that all his worship is neglected or overthrown,
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety

Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
AND PROOF, THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath day.' London: Printed for Nath, Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, 1685. EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. All our inquiries into divine commands are required to be made personally, solemnly, prayerful. To 'prove all things,' and 'hold fast' and obey 'that which is good,' is a precept, equally binding upon the clown, as it is upon the philosopher. Satisfied from our observations
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Things Pertaining to the Kingdom.
"Now is there solemn pause in earth and heaven; The Conqueror now His bonds hath riven, And Angels wonder why He stays below; Yet hath not man his lesson learned, How endless love should be returned." Hitherto our thoughts about "The Kingdom of Heaven" have been founded on the teaching of the King respecting His Kingdom recorded in the Gospels. But we must not forget to give attention to the very important time in the life of our Lord extending between His Resurrection and Ascension, during which
Edward Burbidge—The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?

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