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Thursday, November 28th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Philippians 1:24
yet to remain in my body is more necessary and essential for your sake.
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Easy-to-Read Version
however, you people need me here alive.
however, you people need me here alive.
Revised Standard Version
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Neverthelesse to abyde in the flesshe is moare nedfull for you.
Neverthelesse to abyde in the flesshe is moare nedfull for you.
Hebrew Names Version
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
New American Standard Bible
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes.
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes.
New Century Version
but you need me here in my body.
but you need me here in my body.
Update Bible Version
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.
Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.
English Standard Version
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
World English Bible
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
But to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
Weymouth's New Testament
But for your sakes it is more important that I should still remain in the body.
But for your sakes it is more important that I should still remain in the body.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
is nedeful for you.
is nedeful for you.
English Revised Version
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Berean Standard Bible
But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
Contemporary English Version
But I know that all of you still need me. That's why I am sure I will stay on to help you grow and be happy in your faith.
But I know that all of you still need me. That's why I am sure I will stay on to help you grow and be happy in your faith.
American Standard Version
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Bible in Basic English
Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.
Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.
Complete Jewish Bible
but because of you, the greater need is to stay on in the body.
but because of you, the greater need is to stay on in the body.
Darby Translation
but remaining in the flesh [is] more necessary for your sakes;
but remaining in the flesh [is] more necessary for your sakes;
International Standard Version
But for your sake it is better that I remain in this body.
But for your sake it is better that I remain in this body.
Etheridge Translation
but also to remain in my body is the thing which constraineth me on your account.
but also to remain in my body is the thing which constraineth me on your account.
Murdock Translation
But also the business in regard to you, urges upon me to remain in the body.
But also the business in regard to you, urges upon me to remain in the body.
King James Version (1611)
Neuertheles, to abide in the flesh, is more needfull for you.
Neuertheles, to abide in the flesh, is more needfull for you.
New Living Translation
But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
New Life Bible
But it is more important for you that I stay.
But it is more important for you that I stay.
New Revised Standard
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neuerthelesse, to abide in the flesh, is more needefull for you.
Neuerthelesse, to abide in the flesh, is more needefull for you.
George Lamsa Translation
Nevertheless, for me to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
Nevertheless, for me to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, to abide still in the flesh, is more needful for your sake;
But, to abide still in the flesh, is more needful for your sake;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But to abide still in the flesh is needful for you.
But to abide still in the flesh is needful for you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, [is] more needefull for you.
Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, [is] more needefull for you.
Good News Translation
but for your sake it is much more important that I remain alive.
but for your sake it is much more important that I remain alive.
Christian Standard Bible®
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
King James Version
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Lexham English Bible
But to stay on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
But to stay on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Literal Translation
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary on account of you.
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary on account of you.
Young's Literal Translation
and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,
and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you.
but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and my inclination to abide in this life, as being more advantageous for YOU:
and my inclination to abide in this life, as being more advantageous for YOU:
New English Translation
but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body.
but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body.
New King James Version
Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But honestly, it'd be better for all of y'all if I were to remain here and help y'all out in any way I can.
But honestly, it'd be better for all of y'all if I were to remain here and help y'all out in any way I can.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Legacy Standard Bible
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Contextual Overview
21For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity]. 22If, however, it is to be life here and I am to go on living, this will mean useful and productive service for me; so I do not know which to choose [if I am given that choice]. 23But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better; 24yet to remain in my body is more necessary and essential for your sake.25Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, 26so that your rejoicing for me may overflow in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Philippians 1:22, Philippians 1:25, Philippians 1:26, John 16:7, Acts 20:29-31
Reciprocal: Exodus 18:23 - and all this Mark 5:18 - prayed Philippians 1:20 - whether
Cross-References
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 6:20
"Of fowls and birds according to their kind, of animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.
"Of fowls and birds according to their kind, of animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.
Genesis 7:14
they and every animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort.
they and every animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort.
Genesis 8:19
Every animal, every crawling thing, every bird—and whatever moves on the land—went out by families (types, groupings) from the ark.
Every animal, every crawling thing, every bird—and whatever moves on the land—went out by families (types, groupings) from the ark.
Job 39:1
"Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
"Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
Job 39:5
"Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]? And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],
"Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]? And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],
Job 39:9
"Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, Or remain beside your manger at night?
"Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, Or remain beside your manger at night?
Job 39:19
"Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane?
"Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane?
Job 40:15
"Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.
"Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh,.... To continue in the body, not always, but a little longer,
[is] more needful for you; for their comfort, edification, and instruction, their further profiting: and increase in faith, and the joy of it. The Syriac version renders the words thus, "but business for you", or "a good will towards you compels me to abide in the body"; and the Arabic version thus, "notwithstanding I choose to remain in the flesh, and this I think very necessary for you"; so that upon the whole, the argument for living longer on consideration of glorifying Christ, and of being more useful to the good of souls, preponderated with him; inclined him to desire rather to live than die; though the latter was better for him, and more to his personal advantage; and thus, like a brave and good man, he prefers a public good to a private one.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh - To live. All this is language derived from the belief that the soul will be separate from the body at death, and will occupy a separate state of existence.
Is more needful for you - Another object that was dear to the heart of Paul. He never supposed that his life was useless; or that it was a matter of no importance to the cause of religion whether he lived or died. He knew that God works by means; and that the life of a minister of the gospel is of real value to the church and the world. His experience, his influence, his paternal counsels, he felt assured would be of value to the church, and he had, therefore, a desire to live - and it was no part of his religion affectedly to undervalue or despise himself.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. To abide in the flesh — It would certainly be gain to myself to die, but it will be a gain to you if I live. If I die I shall go immediately to glory; if I live I shall continue to minister to you, and strengthen you in the faith.
