Let all that you do be done in love.
14. Let all your things be done in love Again he repeats what is the rule in all those transactions, in which we have dealings with one another. He wishes, then, that love shall be the directress; because the Corinthians erred chiefly in this respect — that every one looked to himself without caring for others.
Watch, stand firm in the faith, act like men of courage and strength. A Christian is always in danger and must be vigilant; the Corinthians faced many threats, their feuds ran high, deceivers corrupted their doctrine, irregularities abounded. By faith alone we overcome the world and keep our ground in temptation; without it we fall.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 16:13-18
That ye submit yourselves to such,.... To persons of such a character, and in such an office; if in ministering to poor saints, by assisting them, and by putting into their hands; and putting it in their power to discharge their work fully, in which they were so heartily concerned; and if in the work of the ministry of the word, by attending their ministrations...