Philippians 1:22

Philippians 1:22

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

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

22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I¹ cannot tell.

23 ¹For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a ^adesire to depart and be with Christ, which is ^bfar 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,

26 that ^ayour rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.

Striving and Suffering for Christ

27 Only ^alet your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, ^bwith one mind ^cstriving together for the faith of the gospel,

28 and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but¹ to you of salvation, and that from God.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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If this is the fruit of my work (touto moi karpov ergou). There is no ei (if) here in the Greek, but touto (this) seems to be resumptive and to repeat the conditional clause just before. If so, kai just after means

then and introduces the conclusion of the condition. Otherwise touto introduces the conclusion and kai means

and.

I wot not (ou gnwrizw). "I know not." It seems odd to preserve the old English word "wot" here. But it is not clear that gnwrizw (old causative verb from ginwskw) means just to know. Elsewhere in the N.T., as in Luke 2:15; Romans 9:22, it means to make known, to declare. The papyri examples mean to make known. It makes perfectly good sense to take its usual meaning here, "I do not declare what I shall choose."

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Philippians 1:22:**

1 Corinthians 7:29
2 Corinthians 12:10
2 Thessalonians 2:13

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