I Corinthians 16:8
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But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
Commentaries
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at Ephesus--whence Paul writes this Epistle. Compare Co1 16:19, "Asia," wherein Ephesus was. until Pentecost--He seems to have stayed as he here purposes: for just when the tumult which drove him away broke out, he was already intending to leave Ephesus (Act 19:21-22). Combined with Co1 5:7-8, this verse fixes the date of this Epistle to a few weeks before Pentecost, and very soon after the Passover.
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle, I. Gives directions about some charitable collection to be made in this church, for the afflicted and impoverished churches in Judea (Co1 16:1-4). II. He talks of paying them a visit (Co1 16:5-9). III. He recommends Timothy to them, and tells them Apollos intended to come to them (Co1 16:10-12). IV. He presses them to watchfulness, constancy, charity, and to pay a due regard to all who helped him and his fellow-labourers in their work (Co1 16:13-19). V. After salutations from others, and his own, he closes the epistle with a solemn admonition to them, and his good wishes for them (Co1 16:20 to the end).
Open source ↗16:8 Paul wrote this letter while in Ephesus (about AD 53–56; Acts 19:1–20:1). • Pentecost was in May or June.
Open source ↗Original language
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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”