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1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:2 · New King James Version
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  • WEB On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
  • KJV Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
  • BSB On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
  • NASB On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save as he may prosper, so that no collections need to be made when I come.
  • NLT On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once.

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Quick answer

Each is to set aside money on the first day of the week as God has prospered them. It matters because it models regular, proportionate, planned giving.

Overview

Paul instructs systematic giving: weekly, by everyone, in proportion to their means, so no rushed collection is needed when he arrives. The mention of the first day of the week reflects the early gathering of Christians. The verse offers enduring principles for orderly, generous, and grace-shaped stewardship.

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  • Mal 3:9–10You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
  • Acts 20:7On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
  • Luke 16:10He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
  • Deut 8:18But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
  • Deut 15:11–14For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
  • 2 Cor 9:3–5But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
  • 2 Cor 8:11–15But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
  • Rev 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
  • 2 Cor 8:1–3Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;
  • Luke 24:1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
  • John 20:19When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
  • Mark 12:41–44Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
  • 2 Chr 31:10Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into Yahweh’s house, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”
  • Hag 2:16–19Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.
  • Gen 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
  • John 20:26After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
  • Gen 30:30For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”
  • Gen 33:11Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
  • Gen 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
  • Mark 14:8She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
  • Gen 30:27Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”

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