 and 1 Corinthians was written about 20 years after that episode had occurred and as a result now 20 years of time have gone by these Jews are still in Jerusalem and funds are running low and apparently one reason why Gentiles were to help is because these Jews had established themselves as faithful servants of God they had given themselves to one another and Paul wanted to try to support the need that they had a third reason why he wanted to collect this offering for the Jews is because of severe persecution