Philippians 1:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I do not know.

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  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I wish that you knew what great conflict I have for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
  • Gen 21:26 : 26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not concern himself with what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my care;
  • Exod 32:1 : 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Arise, make us gods to go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I have shown your strength to this generation, and your power to everyone that is to come.
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day: the father shall make known Your truth to the children.
  • Acts 3:17 : 17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
  • 2 Cor 10:3 : 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh:
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
  • Phil 1:24 : 24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

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  • Phil 1:23-25
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    23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

    24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

    25 And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith;

  • Phil 1:17-21
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    17 But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

    18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

    19 For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

    20 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

    21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

  • Gal 2:19-21
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    19 For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

    20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

    21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.

  • Phil 3:7-14
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    7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.

    8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

    9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

    10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death;

    11 If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.

    12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

    13 Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

    14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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    15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

    16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

    17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

  • Phil 2:16-17
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    16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.

    17 Yes, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

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    22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

    23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

    24 But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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    31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

    32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'

  • 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) nothing good dwells: for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

  • 30 Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

  • 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

  • 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.

  • 14 But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 20 I desire to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

  • 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I more:

  • 8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

  • 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

  • 12 But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

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    11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12 So then, death works in us, but life in you.

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12 Therefore, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

    13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  • 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

  • 23 And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

  • 30 Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

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

  • 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  • 14 But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your benefit should not be by compulsion, but willingly.