1 Corinthians 16:22

“If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, etc.] The Vulgate Latin, and the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, read “our Lord”. The apostle here does not so much mean profane and unregenerate sinners, who are destitute of love to Christ, from ignorance of him; nor such who, from the same principle, might persecute him in his members, for such are to be even prayed for, and wished well unto; and oftentimes such are called by grace, and become true and sincere lovers of Christ; and the apostle himself was an instance of it: some think the Jews are intended, who were the mortal enemies of Christ; hated his name and person, his Gospel and interest, and maliciously persecuted the same; they called…”

“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…”

“If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ - This is a most solemn and affecting close of the whole epistle. It was designed to direct them to the great and essential matter of religion, the love of the Lord Jesus; and was intended, doubtless, to turn away their minds from the subjects which had agitated them, the disputes and dissensions which had rent the church into factions, to the great inquiry whether they truly loved the Saviour. It is implied that there was danger, in their disputes and strifes about minor matters, of neglecting the love of the Lord Jesus, or of substituting attachment to a party in the place of that love to the Saviour which alone could be connected with eternal…”

“If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ - If any be an enemy to his person, offices, doctrines, or commands. Let him be Anathema. Maran - atha - Anathema signifies a thing devoted to destruction. It seems to have been customary with the Jews of that age, when they had pronounced any man an Anathema, to add the Syriac expression, Maran - atha, that is, "The Lord cometh;" namely, to execute vengeance upon him. This weighty sentence the apostle chose to write with his own hand; and to insert it between his salutation and solemn benediction, that it might be the more attentively regarded. Next: 2 Corinthians Chapter 1”

“16:22 To be cursed is to be condemned by God (see also Rom 9:3; Gal 1:8-9). • Our Lord, come! This phrase was sometimes used in early Christian prayers (see also Rev 22:20).”

“love: Sol 1:3, Sol 1:4, Sol 1:7, Sol 3:1-3, Sol 5:16; Isa 5:1; Mat 10:37, Mat 25:40, Mat 25:45; Joh 8:42; Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21, Joh 14:23, Joh 15:24, Joh 16:14, Joh 21:15-17; Co2 5:14, Co2 5:15, Co2 8:8, Co2 8:9; Gal 5:6; Eph 6:24; Heb 6:10; Pe1 1:8, Pe1 2:7; Jo1 4:19, Jo1 5:1 Anathema: That is, "Let him be accursed; our Lord cometh," i.e., to execute the judgment denounced. Mat 25:41, Mat 25:46; Act 23:14; Rom 9:3; Gal 1:8, Gal 1:9 \*Gr: Co1 12:3; Th2 1:8, Th2 1:9; Jde 1:14, Jde 1:15 1 Corinthians 16:23”