Philippians 1:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

John 16:7 : 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
Acts 20:29-31 : 29 {G1063} I know {G5124} that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.
Phil 1:22 : 22 But if to live in the [flesh,—] [if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.
Phil 1:25-26 : 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith; 26 that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Phil 1:19-23
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19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22But if to live in the [flesh,—] [if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.
23But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
Phil 1:25-27
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25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;
26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
Phlm 1:8
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8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
Phlm 1:13-16
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13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
15For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;
16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Col 2:5
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5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
2 Cor 5:8
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8we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
1 Pet 4:2
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2that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Cor 12:22
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22Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:
Phil 2:25
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25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;
Heb 13:19
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19And I exhort [you] the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Col 1:24
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24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
1 Thess 2:17
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17But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
2 Pet 1:13-15
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13And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.
15Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.
2 Cor 10:2
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2yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
1 Thess 3:1
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Rom 8:12
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12So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
2 Cor 7:3
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3I say it not to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
Phil 2:30
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30because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
Phil 1:30
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30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
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21Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
2 Cor 1:16
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16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.
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11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12So then death {G3303} worketh in us, but life in you.
Phil 3:4
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Phil 1:7-8
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Phil 2:12
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