Philippians 4:17
Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
In Context
16For euen when I was in Thessalonica, yee sent once, and afterward againe for my necessitie,
Cross References
Micah 7:1Woe is me, for I am as the sommer gatherings, and as the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eate: my soule desired the first ripe fruites.
Matthew 10:40He that receiueth you, receiueth me: and hee that receiueth mee, receiueth him that hath sent me.
Luke 14:12Then said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor ye riche neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, and a recompence be made thee.
John 15:16Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordeined you, that ye goe and bring foorth fruite, and that your fruite remaine, that whatsoeuer ye shall aske of the Father in my Name, he may giue it you.
Romans 15:28When I haue therefore performed this, and haue sealed them this fruite, I will passe by you into Spaine.
2 Corinthians 9:5Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.
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 →