Philippians 4:17

New American Bible - revised edition

It is not that I am eager for the gift; rather, I am eager for the profit that accrues to your account.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever cares for the poor lends to the Lord, who will pay back the sum in full.

Micah 7:1

Woe is me! I am like the one who gathers summer fruit, when the vines have been gleaned; There is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that one of you would just shut the temple gates to keep you from kindling fire on my altar in vain! I take no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts; and I will not accept any offering from your hands!

John 15:16

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

John 15:8

By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

Romans 15:28

So when I have completed this and safely handed over this contribution to them, I shall set out by way of you to Spain;

2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat, no one should consider me foolish; but 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 encourage the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for your promised gift, so that in this way it might be ready as a bountiful gift and not as an exaction.

Philippians 1:11

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

Philippians 4:11

Not that I say this because of need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I find myself, to be self-sufficient.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Nor, indeed, did we ever appear with flattering speech, as you know, or with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. Exhortations to Timothy.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain,

Titus 3:14

But let our people, too, learn to devote themselves to good works to supply urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name by having served and continuing to serve the holy ones.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

2 Peter 2:15

Abandoning the straight road, they have gone astray, following the road of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved payment for wrongdoing,

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! They followed the way of Cain, abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.