Philippians 1:22

But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

But {G1161} if {G1487} I live {G2198} in {G1722} the flesh {G4561}, this {G5124} is the fruit {G2590} of my labour {G2041}{G3427}: yet {G2532} what {G5101} I shall choose {G138} I wot {G1107} not {G3756}.

But if by living on in the body I can do fruitful work, then I don’t know which to choose.

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

But if to live in the flesh,—if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 1 Peter 4:2 (10 votes)

    That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  • Galatians 2:20 (6 votes)

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  • Philippians 1:24 (5 votes)

    Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.

  • Acts 3:17 (4 votes)

    And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did [it], as [did] also your rulers.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:3 (3 votes)

    For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

  • Psalms 71:18 (3 votes)

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

  • Romans 11:2 (1 votes)

    God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,