Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
13. Watch ye. A short exhortation, but of great weight. He exhorts them to watch, in order that Satan may not oppress them, finding them off their guard. For as the warfare is incessant, the watching requires to be incessant too. Now watchfulness of spirit is this — when, free and disentangled from earthly cares, we meditate on the things of God.
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
Let all your things be done with charity. Signifying, that the whole of their obedience to Christ, their observation of, and subjection to all his ordinances and commands, should spring from, and be done in love to him; and that the whole of their conduct and behaviour towards one another ought to be with charity, which bears all things, and covers a multitude of sins...