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Philippians 4:17

Young's Literal Translation 1862

not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

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Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

My wo `is' to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.

Who `is' even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.

Necessary, therefore, I thought `it' to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that `is' through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

not that in respect of want I say `it', for I did learn in the things in which I am -- to be content;

for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God `is' witness!)

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

and let them learn -- ours also -- to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the `son' of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

wo to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.




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