Verse 22
22. A solemn closing warning added in his own hand as in Ephesians 6:24; Colossians 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 Song of Solomon 2:7).
Jesus Christ—omitted in the oldest manuscripts.
let him be Anathema—accursed with that curse which the Jews who call Jesus "accursed" (1 Corinthians 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 1 Corinthians 12:3- :, "The Lord is at hand."
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