Philippians Chapter 4 verse 17 Holy Bible
Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
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Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
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Not that I seek gift, but I seek fruit abounding to your account.
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Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
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Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
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not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;
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Philippians 4 : 17 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account; rather, as R.V., not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that creaseth to your account. He shrinks sensitively from the danger of being mistaken; his words are not to be understood as a hint for further gifts. It is not the gift that he desires; but there is something which he longs for, and that is, charity, the fruit of the Spirit, showing itself in the generosity of the Philippians - the fruit of good works, continually increasing, and set down in heaven to their account.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Fruit that may abound (rather, abounds) to your account.--The metaphor is still kept, hardly disturbed by the introduction of the word "fruit," since this is so constantly used in the sense of "recompense" that it readily lends itself to pecuniary associations. There is, says St. Paul, "the fruit" of reward, which "is over" as a surplus, or rather a balance, "placed to their account." Their gift is a token of love and gratitude to him; but, as Christian almsgiving, it is something more, and what that something more is will be seen hereafter, when all accounts shall be finally taken. The idea is not unlike that of Proverbs 19:17, "He that hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and behold, what he layeth out it shall be paid him again."
