Philippians 4:17
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
In Context
16For unto Thessalonica also you sent once and again for my use.
Cross References
Micah 7:1Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the firstripe figs.
Matthew 10:40He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
Luke 14:12And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
John 15:16You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Romans 15:28When therefore I shall have accomplished this, and consigned to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before, and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 4:11-20
Kindness Acknowledged; Christian Contentment. ( a. d. 62.) 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all… Read the whole commentary →