Philippians 4:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift; but I seek the fruit which increases to your credit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I’m not hoping for a gift, but I am hoping for a profit that accumulates in your account.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ It is not that I am seeking a gift. Instead, I seek the fruit that abounds to your benefit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.

Philippians 4:17 Cross References

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Micah 7:1

Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the vintage has been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig which my soul desires.

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 15:8

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.

Romans 15:28

When therefore I have completed this, and have delivered to them what has been raised, I shall go on by way of you to Spain;

2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:11

Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;

1 Timothy 3:3

no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

Titus 3:14

And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,

2 Peter 2:15

Forsaking the right way they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error, and perish in Korah's rebellion.