Philippians 1:24 BSB

Philippians 1:24

But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

BSB

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ASV

yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

KJV

Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

to abide--to continue somewhat longer. for you--Greek, "on your account"; "for your sake." In order to be of service to you, I am willing to forego my entrance a little sooner into blessedness; heaven will not fail to be mine at last.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	but	G1161 →
ἐπιμένειν	epimenein	to remain	G1961 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
σαρκὶ	sarki	flesh	G4561 →
ἀναγκαιότερον	anagkaioteron	[is] more necessary	G316 →
δι᾽	di᾽	for the sake of	G1223 →
ὑμᾶς.	humas	you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G4561sarkiflesh146×

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Through
John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send…
leads to
- John 14:26
  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- John 14:16–17
  And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- John 15:26
  When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- Acts 2:33
  Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- John 7:39
  He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:2
  Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
- Galatians 2:20
  I 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…
- 2 Corinthians 10:3
  For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

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06About Philippians

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Philippians