Anathema Maranatha – Set aside for destruction when the Lord comes.
Anathema means “to set up or dedicate”.
Maranatha means “when the Lord comes”.
These words only occur in Scripture 1 time each, and exist as a single phrase. Therefore, they cannot be separated. The verse is a proverb against those that do not believe God.
The sense of the passage explains the meaning as “Set aside for destruction when the Lord comes’.
I Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
These words are Koine Greek; they are not translated into English.
Today, the scholars still cannot agree on an exact meaning of this phrase. Religion uses this as the basis of their false-doctrine of excommunication, and some Christian organizations ignorantly use Maranatha in the name of their group.
See also Believe, Faith, Proverb