Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 16].
Christian custom at a later date and apparently so here. See 1Th
5:26; 2Co 13:12; Ro 3:8; 1Pe 5:14. It seems never to have been
promiscuous between the sexes.
16:21 {Of me Paul with mine own hand} (\t•i em•i cheiri Paulou\).
Literally, "With the hand of me Paul." The genitive \Paulou\ is
in apposition with the possessive pronoun \em•i\ which is in the
instrumental case just as in 2Th 3:17, the sign in every
Epistle. He dictated, but signed at the end. If we only had that
signature on that scrap of paper.
16:22 \Anathema\. The word seems a bit harsh to us, but the
refusal to love Christ (\ou philei\) on the part of a nominal
Christian deserves \anathema\ (see on ¯12:3 for this word).
\Maran atha\. This Aramaic phrase means "Our Lord (\maran\)
cometh (\atha\)" or, used as a proleptic perfect, "has come." It
seems to be a sort of watchword (cf. 1Th 4:14ff.; Jas 5:7f.; Php
4:5; Re 1:7; 3:11; 22:20), expressing the lively hope that the
Lord will come. It was a curious blunder in the King James
Version that connected \Maran atha\ with \Anathema\.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Corinthians: Chapter 16)