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Philippians 1:22

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

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ASV

But if to live in the flesh,—if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

KJV

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
εἰeiIf [I am]G1487 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
τὸto<the>G3588 →
ζῆνzēnto liveG2198 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
σαρκί,sarkiflesh,G4561 →
τοῦτόtoutothisG3778 →
μοιmoifor meG3165 →
καρπὸςkarpos[is the] fruitG2590 →
ἔργου·ergouof labor;G2041 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
τίtiwhatG5101 →
αἱρήσομαιhairēsomaiwill I chooseG138 →
οὐouNotG3756 →
γνωρίζω.gnōrizōI know!G1107 →

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1 Peter 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.Philippians 1:24But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.2 Corinthians 10:3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.Acts 3:17And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.Colossians 2:1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,Isaiah 38:18–19For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.Exodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”Romans 11:2God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:Genesis 39:8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.Genesis 21:26Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

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