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1 Cor. 16:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If any man lovep not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathemar Maranatha.*s

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Eph. 6:24• ²⁴grace with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. (Eph. 6:24)

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Gal. 1:8‑9• ⁸But even if we or an angel out of heaven preach to you contrary to what we preached to you, accursed let him be.
⁹As we have said before, now also again I say, if one is preaching to you contrary to what ye received, accursed let him be. (Gal. 1:8‑9)

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Jude 14‑15• ¹⁴And Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
¹⁵to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him. (Jude 14‑15)

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Maran-atha; Maranatha,

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Ministry on This Verse

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love.

Song of Sol. 1:3‑4,7• (Song of Sol. 1:3‑4,7)

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Song of Sol. 3:1‑3• (Song of Sol. 3:1‑3)

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Song of Sol. 5:16• (Song of Sol. 5:16)

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Isa. 5:1• (Isa. 5:1)

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Matt. 10:37• ³⁷{i}He 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.{/i} (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 did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me.
⁴⁵Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these least, ye did [it] not 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; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. (John 8:42)

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John 14:15,21,23• ¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments;
²¹He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; but he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
²³Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:15,21,23)

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John 15:24• ²⁴If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:24)

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John 16:14• ¹⁴He will glorify me, for he will receive of mine, and will announce [it] to you. (John 16:14)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
¹⁷He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead;
¹⁵and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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2 Cor. 8:8‑9• ⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but through the diligence of others proving the genuineness of your love also.
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 become rich. (2 Cor. 8:8‑9)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love. (Gal. 5:6)

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Eph. 6:24• ²⁴grace with all 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 showed unto his name, in that ye ministered to his saints and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)

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1 Peter 1:8• ⁸whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified, (1 Peter 1:8)

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1 Peter 2:7• ⁷To you therefore that believe [is] the preciousness; but to disobedient [ones] a stone which the builders rejected, this became head of corner, (1 Peter 2:7)

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1 John 4:19• ¹⁹We love, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

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1 John 5:1• ¹Every one that believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God, and every one that loveth him that begot loveth 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, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:41,46)

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Acts 23:14• ¹⁴who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. (Acts 23:14)

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Rom. 9:3• ³for I could wish, I myself, to be a curse from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to flesh, (Rom. 9:3)

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Gal. 1:8‑9• ⁸But even if we or an angel out of heaven preach to you contrary to what we preached to you, accursed let him be.
⁹As we have said before, now also again I say, if one is preaching to you contrary to what ye received, accursed let him be. (Gal. 1:8‑9)

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Gal. 1• (Gal. 1)

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1 Cor. 12:3• ³Wherefore I give you to know, that no one speaking in [the] Spirit of God saith, Jesus [is] accursed, and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in [the] Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:3)

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2 Thess. 1:8‑9• ⁸in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;
⁹Who shall pay as penalty 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, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
¹⁵to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke 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."