Philippians 4:17
Not that I seek for such a gift, but I do seek for fruit that may abound to your account.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
In Context
16for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again to my necessity.
Cross References
Micah 7:1Woe is me! I live where the summer fruits are gathered, And the vintage is gleaned; There is no cluster to eat; I long for the first-ripe fig.
Matthew 10:40He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
Luke 14:12And he said also to him who invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they too invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
John 15:16Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Romans 15:28When therefore I have completed this business, and secured to them this fruit, I shall set out to pass through you to Spain.
2 Corinthians 9:5I thought it necessary therefore to exhort the brethren to go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty, which was already announced, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not of 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 →