Philippians 1:22 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If I continue to live in this life, my work will produce more results. I don't know which I would prefer.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

DBY:

but if to live in flesh is my lot, this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.

ERV:

But if to live in the flesh,--if this is the fruit of my work, then what I shall choose I wot not.

WEY:

But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.

WBS:

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.

WEB:

But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't make known what I will choose.

YLT:

And if to live in the flesh is to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

Philippians 1:22 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 1:13 I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:22 {7} But if I live in the {n} flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
(7) An example of a true shepherd, who considers more how he may profit his sheep, than he considers any benefit of his own whatsoever.
(n) To live in this mortal body.

PNT:

1:22 But if I live in the flesh. In the body, i.e. on earth.
This [is] the fruit of my labour. In this state the fruit of his labor is Christ. See Php 1:21.
Yet what I shall choose I wot not. He can hardly tell whether he would choose the gain of death, or to continue to live in order that he may work for Christ.

WES:

1:22 Here he begins to treat of the former clause of the preceding verse . Of the latter he treats, Php 2:17. But if I am to live is the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour - This is the fruit of my living longer, that I can labour more. Glorious labour! desirable fruit! in this view, long life is indeed a blessing. And what I should choose I know not - That is, if it were left to my choice.

MHC:

1:21-26 Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain, for it is the end of all his weakness and misery. It delivers him from all the evils of life, and brings him to possess the chief good. The apostle's difficulty was not between living in this world and living in heaven; between these two there is no comparison; but between serving Christ in this world and enjoying him in another. Not between two evil things, but between two good things; living to Christ and being with him. See the power of faith and of Divine grace; it can make us willing to die. In this world we are compassed with sin; but when with Christ, we shall escape sin and temptation, sorrow and death, for ever. But those who have most reason to desire to depart, should be willing to remain in the world as long as God has any work for them to do. And the more unexpected mercies are before they come, the more of God will be seen in them.

CONC:

Body Bring Choose Decision Flesh Fruit Fruitful Implies Labor Labour Longer Lot Mean Stay Unsuccessful Worth Wot Yet

Choose Decision Earth Flesh Fruit Fruitful Implies Live Longer Lot Mean Means Unsuccessful Work Worth Wot

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