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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我並不求禮物，只求你們的果子不斷增加，歸在你們的帳上。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 并 不 求 甚 麽 ? 送 ， 所 求 的 就 是 你 们 的 果 子 渐 渐 增 多 ， 归 在 你 们 的 账 上 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ I am very happy in the Lord that you have shown your care for me again. You continued to care about me, but there was no way for you to show it. ¹¹ I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens. ¹² I know how to live when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of being happy at any time in everything that happens, when I have enough to eat and when I go hungry, when I have more than I need and when I do not have enough. ¹³ I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength. ¹⁴ But it was good that you helped me when I needed it. ¹⁵ You Philippians remember when I first preached the Good News there. When I left Macedonia, you were the only church that gave me help. ¹⁶ Several times you sent me things I needed when I was in Thessalonica. ¹⁷ Really, it is not that I want to receive gifts from you, but I want you to have the good that comes from giving. ¹⁸ And now I have everything, and more. I have all I need, because Epaphroditus brought your gift to me. It is like a sweet-smelling sacrifice offered to God, who accepts that sacrifice and is pleased with it. ¹⁹ My God will use his wonderful riches in Christ Jesus to give you everything you need.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: Philippians 4:11, Malachi 1:10, Acts 20:33, Acts 20:34, 1 Corinthians 9:12-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 6:10, Titus 1:7, 1 Peter 5:2, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:11

fruit: Philippians 1:11, Micah 7:1, John 15:8, John 15:16, Romans 15:28, 2 Corinthians 9:9-13, Titus 3:14

to: Proverbs 19:17, Matthew 10:40-42, Matthew 25:34-40, Luke 14:12-14, Hebrews 6:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:5 - General Proverbs 3:9 - General Proverbs 11:17 - merciful Proverbs 31:31 - of the Isaiah 23:18 - for them Matthew 13:23 - beareth Luke 6:38 - and it Luke 10:7 - for Luke 13:6 - and he came John 15:5 - same Acts 16:34 - when Acts 20:35 - It is Romans 1:13 - that I Romans 6:22 - ye have Romans 7:4 - that we 1 Corinthians 15:58 - abounding 2 Corinthians 8:10 - expedient 2 Corinthians 9:10 - multiply 2 Corinthians 12:14 - for I Colossians 1:6 - bringeth

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,

Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.

Genesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he had a son named Enoch.

Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."

2 Samuel 18:18
When Absalom was alive, he had set up a pillar for himself in the King's Valley. He said, "I have no son to keep my name alive." So he named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom's Monument even today.

Psalms 49:11
Their graves will always be their homes. They will live there from now on, even though they named places after themselves.

Daniel 4:30
he said, "I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Not because I desire a gift,.... This commendation of them he entered into, not because he desired another present to be made to him, either by them or others; he was not a man of such a disposition, he was not like one of those that could never have enough; he was fully satisfied and highly contented with what he had; he was not like the false teachers, that made merchandise of men; he sought not theirs, but them:

but I desire fruit that may abound to your account; he had planted them, or had been an instrument in planting of them, as trees of righteousness, Isaiah 61:3; and his great desire was to see fruits of righteousness grow upon them, Philippians 1:11; by which sometimes are meant acts of beneficence, as in 2 Corinthians 9:10; and that these might be abundant and turn to their profit and advantage, as such fruit does; for God does not forget to recompence acts of bounty, and labours of love, but if even a cup of cold water is given to a prophet or minister of Christ, on account of his being so, it shall have its reward in the issue of things, upon the casting up of accounts, Matthew 10:42; for the apostle still has reference unto that; his view was, that the balance might be on their side, and that much might be received by them; so that it was not for himself, but for their encouragement and future good, he said this; for as for himself he adds,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not because I desire a gift - “The reason why I rejoice in the reception of what you have sent to me, is not that I am covetous.” From the interest with which he had spoken of their attention to him, some might perhaps be disposed to say, that it arose from this cause. He says, therefore, that, grateful as he was for the favor which he had received, his chief interest in it arose from the fact that it would contribute ultimately to their own good. It showed that they were governed by Christian principle, and this would not fall to be rewarded. What Paul states here is by no means impossible; though it may not be very common. In the reception of layouts from others, it is practicable to rejoice in them mainly, because their bestowment will be a means of good to the benefactor himself. All our selfish feelings and gratifications may be absorbed and lost in the superior joy which we have in seeing others actuated by a right spirit, and in the belief that they will be rewarded. This feeling is one of the fruits of Christian kindness. It is that which leads us to look away from self, and to rejoice in every evidence that others will be made happy.

I desire fruit - The word “fruit” is often used in the Scriptures, as elsewhere, to denote results, or that which is produced. Thus, we speak of punishment as the fruit of sin, poverty as the fruit of idleness, and happiness as the fruit of a virtuous life. The language is taken from the fact, that a man reaps or gathers the fruit or result of that which he plants.

To your account - A phrase taken from commercial dealings. The apostle wished that it might be set down to their credit. He desired that when they came to appear before God, they might reap the benefit of all the acts of kindness which they had shown him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. Not because I desire a gift — I do not speak thus to incite you to send me a farther gift; I speak this on the general subject, because I wish you to bear such fruit as shall abound to your account in the day of the Lord.