Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters - Why should Paul require letters of approbation in behalf of certain persons, when he himself should be among them, and could have their characters viva voce? It is probable that he refers here to letters of recommendation which they had sent to him while he was away; and he now promises that when he should come to Corinth, he would appoint these persons, whom they had recommended, to carry the alms to Jerusalem. If , be read ye shall have approved, as Bishop Pearce does, the difficulty will vanish. Some MSS. and several versions join ' , by letters, to the following words, and read the verse thus: When I come, those whom ye shall approve I will send with letters to bring your liberality to Jerusalem. This seems most natural.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Corinthians 16:3:
Romans 1:7
Romans 15:25
1 Corinthians 16:4
2 Corinthians 8:1
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