Philippians 4:17
Not that I desire a gift; but I wish fruits may multiply unto you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
In Context
16that also at Thessalonica, once and again ye sent me relief.
Cross References
Matthew 10:40He that entertaineth you, entertaineth me: and he that entertaineth me, entertaineth him that sent me.
Luke 14:12And he said to him that invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee, and thou have this recompense.
John 15:16It is not ye that chose me, but I that have chosen you; and I have appointed you, that ye also should go and yield fruits, and that your fruits should continue; so that whatever ye may ask of my Father in my name, he may give it you.
Romans 15:28When therefore, I shall have accomplished this, and shall have sealed to them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain.
2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I was careful to request these my brethren, to go before me unto you, that they might make up this benefaction, of which ye were advised long before to have it ready, as being a benefaction, and not a matter of cupidity.
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 →