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Philippians 4:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit  , that is increasing to your account.

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Let our people learn to devote themselves to good works for pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.


For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love  you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints #– #and by continuing to serve them.


My Father is glorified   by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be   my disciples.


Shepherd God’s flock among you,  not overseeing  out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you;  not out of greed for money but eagerly;


As an overseer  of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,


I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself.


For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy  motives   #– #God is our witness   #– #


Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift  you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.


So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds  to them,  , I will visit you on the way to Spain.


You did not choose me, but I chose you.   I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask   the Father in my name,   he will give you.


I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little.


‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.


Kindness to the poor is a loan to the  Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender.  ,


Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,  have plunged into Balaam’s error  for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.


They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.


not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.


filled with the fruit  of righteousness  that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory  and praise of God.


How sad for me! For I am like one who – when the summer fruit has been gathered after the gleaning of the grape harvest   – finds no grape cluster to eat, no early fig, which I crave.


They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path  and have followed the path of Balaam,  the son of Bosor,  who loved the wages of wickedness


For the love of money is a root  of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith  and pierced themselves with many griefs.





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