Philippians 1:22 · KJV
“But if I live in the flesh, this {is} the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.”
— Philippians 1:22
For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Philippians 1 — Context
According to my earnest expectation and {my} hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but {that} with all boldness, as always, {so} now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether {it be} by life, or by death.
21For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.
22But if I live in the flesh, this {is} the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh {is} more needful for you.
Cross References
1 Peter 4:2
That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Philippians 1:24
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh {is} more needful for you.
2 Corinthians 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
Psalms 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto {this} generation, {and} thy power to every one {that} is to come. {when...: Heb. unto old age and gray hairs} {thy strength: Heb. thine arm}
Acts 3:17
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did {it}, as {did} also your rulers.
Colossians 2:1
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and {for} them at Laodicea, and {for} as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; {conflict: or, fear, or, care}
Exodus 32:1
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for {as for} this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.