“If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Greek: anathema. Come, Lord!Aramaic: Maranatha!”
— WEB
1 Corinthians 16:22
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.”
— KJV
“If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.”
— ASV
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Commentary
A solemn closing warning added in his own hand as in Eph 6:24; Col 4:18. the Lord--who ought to be "loved" above Paul, Apollos, and all other teachers. Love to one another is to be in connection with love to Him above all. IGNATIUS [Epistle to the Romans, 7] writes of Christ, "My love, has been crucified" (compare Sol 2:7). Jesus Christ--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. let him be Anathema--accursed with that curse which the Jews who call Jesus "accursed" (Co1 12:3) are bringing righteously on their own heads [BENGEL]. So far from "saluting" him, I bid him be accursed. Maranatha--Syriac for, "the Lord cometh." A motto or watchword to urge them to preparedness for the Lord's coming; as in Phi 4:5, "The Lord is at hand."
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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