Bible Questions & Answers
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QUESTION: Since I Corinthians 16:1-2 is an example for us today, is it also
implied that our offerings should be given to others? If so, how will the
needs of the local congregation be met?
ANSWER: I Corinthians 16:1-2 and related passages such as II Corinthians,
chapters eight and nine, give us an example only of how “needs” are to be met,
not where we are to send the collection! The specific “need” in these passages
related solely to the poor saints in Jerusalem. Certainly, if we would assume that
this passage implies that the local congregation is to send all of their collection to
others, we would also (in order to be consistent) have to assume that all
congregations would have to send all collections to the poor saints in Jerusalem.
This, of course, is not the case! The example given us to meet any “need”
(whether it is local or distant) is by every one of us ‘laying by him in store upon
the first day of every week.’ If there is a scriptural need in a distant city, it is to be
satisfied by using the funds collected in this way. If there is a scriptural need
within the local congregation, it, too, is to be satisfied from the same funds!
