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1 Corinthians 16

1 Cor. 16:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
any man
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
love
phileo (Greek #5368)
to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e. have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while 25 is wider, embracing especially the judgment and the deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two thus stand related very much as 2309 and 1014, or as 2372 and 3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness)
KJV usage: kiss, love.
Pronounce: fil-eh'-o
Origin: from 5384
p not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
the Lord
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
, let him be
eto (Greek #2277)
let him (or it) be
KJV usage: let ... be.
Pronounce: ay'-to
Origin: third person singular imperative of 1510
Anathema
anathema (Greek #331)
a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)
KJV usage: accused, anathema, curse, X great.
Pronounce: an-ath'-em-ah
Origin: from 394
r Maranatha
maran (Greek #3134)
maranatha, i.e. an exclamation of the approaching divine judgment
KJV usage: Maran-atha.
Pronounce: mar'-an ath'-ah
Origin: of Chaldee origin (meaning our Lord has come)
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maran (Greek #3134)
maranatha, i.e. an exclamation of the approaching divine judgment
KJV usage: Maran-atha.
Pronounce: mar'-an ath'-ah
Origin: of Chaldee origin (meaning our Lord has come)
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Eph. 6:24• 24Grace with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. (Eph. 6:24)
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Gal. 1:8‑9• 8But if even *we* or an angel out of heaven announce as glad tidings to you anything besides what we have announced as glad tidings to you, let him be accursed.
 9As we have said before, now also again I say, If any one announce to you as glad tidings anything besides what ye have received, let him be accursed. (Gal. 1:8‑9)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, the Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
 15to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 14‑15)

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Anathema,
Christ,
Maran-atha; Maranatha,
The Lord Jesus

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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love.
Song of Sol. 1:3‑4,7• 3Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
 4Draw me, we will run after thee!--The king hath brought me into his chambers--We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will remember thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly.
 7Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? (Song of Sol. 1:3‑4,7)
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Song of Sol. 3:1‑3• 1On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
 2I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
 3The watchmen that go about the city found me:--Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth? (Song of Sol. 3:1‑3)
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Song of Sol. 5:16• 16His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:16)
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Isa. 5:1• 1I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill. (Isa. 5:1)
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Matt. 10:37• 37He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:37)
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Matt. 25:40,45• 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
 45Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me. (Matt. 25:40,45)
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John 8:42• 42Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has sent me. (John 8:42)
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John 14:15,21,23• 15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
 21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
 23Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him. (John 14:15,21,23)
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John 15:24• 24If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:24)
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John 16:14• 14He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you. (John 16:14)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
 17He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• 14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
 15and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)
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2 Cor. 8:8‑9• 8I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched. (2 Cor. 8:8‑9)
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Gal. 5:6• 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. (Gal. 5:6)
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Eph. 6:24• 24Grace with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. (Eph. 6:24)
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)
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1 Peter 1:8• 8whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, (1 Peter 1:8)
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1 Peter 2:7• 7To you therefore who believe is the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of the corner, (1 Peter 2:7)
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1 John 4:19• 19*We* love because *he* has first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
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1 John 5:1• 1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him. (1 John 5:1)
Anathema.That is, "Let him be accursed; our Lord cometh," i.e., to execute the judgment denounced.
Matt. 25:41,46• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:41,46)
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Acts 23:14• 14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul. (Acts 23:14)
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Rom. 9:3• 3for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh; (Rom. 9:3)
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Gal. 1:8‑9• 8But if even *we* or an angel out of heaven announce as glad tidings to you anything besides what we have announced as glad tidings to you, let him be accursed.
 9As we have said before, now also again I say, If any one announce to you as glad tidings anything besides what ye have received, let him be accursed. (Gal. 1:8‑9)
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Gal. 1•  (Gal. 1)
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1 Cor. 12:3• 3I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in the power of the Spirit of God, says, Curse on Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in the power of the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:3)
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2 Thess. 1:8‑9• 8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
 9who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:8‑9)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, the Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
 15to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 14‑15)
• He pronounces a solemn anathema on everyone who loved not the Lord Jesus. There might be such, but he would in no way recognize them. (“1 Corinthians 16” by J.N. Darby)
• It is to be doubted indeed whether love can be unfeigned without abhorring evil; and what evil can compare with bearing the name of the Lord without real attachment to Him? Thus the first epistle to the Corinthians ends with a denunciation similar in solemnity to that with which the epistle to the Galatians opens. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 16:13-24” by W. Kelly)
• “Anathema Maranatha” means to be accursed when the Lord comes. He has alluded in various places in the epistle that there was a strong likelihood that there were some among them who were mere professors. (“Closing Exhortations” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If any one loveh not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranathai.

JND Translation Notes

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Phileo. see John 5.20.
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Meaning, "Accursed -- the Lord cometh."

W. Kelly Translation

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If anyone loveth not the Lorda [Jesus Christ], let him be anathema maranathab.

WK Translation Notes

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a
I have given the best authenticated reading for the last three verses; but others add what follows in each case of the brackets.
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Or, "a curse: The Lord cometh."