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New American Standard Bible

Philippians 1:24

yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aristarchus;   Death;   Demas;   Love;   Lucas;   Luke;   Mark;   Resignation;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Aristarchus;   Demas;   John Mark;   Luke;   Mark, John;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aristarchus;   Demas;   Luke;   Mark or Marcus;   Servant;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Flesh;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Intermediate State;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Aristarchus;   Demas;   Lucas;   Luke;   Marcus;   Mark;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Aristarchus;   Demas;   Epaphras;   Luke;   Mark, John;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Philippians, the Epistle to the;   Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Colossians;   Demas;   Earth, Land;   Flesh;   Land, Ground;   Luke, Gospel of;   Marcus;   Mark, John;   Philippians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Demas;   Lucas;   Mark (John);   Philippians, Epistle to;   Thessalonians, First Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aristarchus ;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Demas ;   Demetrius;   Luke;   Luke (2);   Mark;   Mark (John);   Mark, Gospel According to;   Name ;   Peter Epistles of;   Urbanus ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Luke;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bishop;   Smith Bible Dictionary - De'mas;   Lu'cas;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Luke;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aristarchus;   Demas;   Flesh;   Jesus Justus;   Lucas;   Luke, the Evangelist;   Luke, the Gospel of;   Macedonia;   Mark, John;   Philippians, the Epistle to;   Resurrection;   Thessalonica;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
King James Version (1611)
Neuertheles, to abide in the flesh, is more needfull for you.
King James Version
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
English Standard Version
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
New Century Version
but you need me here in my body.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Legacy Standard Bible
yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Berean Standard Bible
But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
Contemporary English Version
But I know that all of you still need me. That's why I am sure I will stay on to help you grow and be happy in your faith.
Complete Jewish Bible
but because of you, the greater need is to stay on in the body.
Darby Translation
but remaining in the flesh [is] more necessary for your sakes;
Easy-to-Read Version
however, you people need me here alive.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neuerthelesse, to abide in the flesh, is more needefull for you.
George Lamsa Translation
Nevertheless, for me to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
Good News Translation
but for your sake it is much more important that I remain alive.
Lexham English Bible
But to stay on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Literal Translation
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary on account of you.
Amplified Bible
yet to remain in my body is more necessary and essential for your sake.
American Standard Version
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Bible in Basic English
Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.
Hebrew Names Version
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
International Standard Version
But for your sake it is better that I remain in this body.
Etheridge Translation
but also to remain in my body is the thing which constraineth me on your account.
Murdock Translation
But also the business in regard to you, urges upon me to remain in the body.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, [is] more needefull for you.
English Revised Version
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
World English Bible
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
Weymouth's New Testament
But for your sakes it is more important that I should still remain in the body.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
is nedeful for you.
Update Bible Version
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.
New English Translation
but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body.
New King James Version
Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
New Living Translation
But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
New Life Bible
But it is more important for you that I stay.
New Revised Standard
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, to abide still in the flesh, is more needful for your sake;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But to abide still in the flesh is needful for you.
Revised Standard Version
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Neverthelesse to abyde in the flesshe is moare nedfull for you.
Young's Literal Translation
and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and my inclination to abide in this life, as being more advantageous for YOU:
Simplified Cowboy Version
But honestly, it'd be better for all of y'all if I were to remain here and help y'all out in any way I can.

Contextual Overview

21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. 23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; 24 yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes.25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that your pride in Christ Jesus may be abundant because of me by my coming to you again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Philippians 1:22, Philippians 1:25, Philippians 1:26, John 16:7, Acts 20:29-31

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:23 - and all this Mark 5:18 - prayed Philippians 1:20 - whether

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of the waters He called "seas"; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 6:20
"Of the birds according to their kind, and of the animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
Genesis 7:14
they and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, all sorts of birds.
Genesis 8:19
Every animal, every crawling thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.
Job 39:1
"Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
Job 39:5
"Who sent the wild donkey out free? And who opened the bonds of the swift donkey,
Job 39:9
"Will the wild bull be willing to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?
Job 39:19
"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Job 40:15
"Behold, Behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless to abide in the flesh,.... To continue in the body, not always, but a little longer,

[is] more needful for you; for their comfort, edification, and instruction, their further profiting: and increase in faith, and the joy of it. The Syriac version renders the words thus, "but business for you", or "a good will towards you compels me to abide in the body"; and the Arabic version thus, "notwithstanding I choose to remain in the flesh, and this I think very necessary for you"; so that upon the whole, the argument for living longer on consideration of glorifying Christ, and of being more useful to the good of souls, preponderated with him; inclined him to desire rather to live than die; though the latter was better for him, and more to his personal advantage; and thus, like a brave and good man, he prefers a public good to a private one.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless to abide in the flesh - To live. All this is language derived from the belief that the soul will be separate from the body at death, and will occupy a separate state of existence.

Is more needful for you - Another object that was dear to the heart of Paul. He never supposed that his life was useless; or that it was a matter of no importance to the cause of religion whether he lived or died. He knew that God works by means; and that the life of a minister of the gospel is of real value to the church and the world. His experience, his influence, his paternal counsels, he felt assured would be of value to the church, and he had, therefore, a desire to live - and it was no part of his religion affectedly to undervalue or despise himself.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. To abide in the flesh — It would certainly be gain to myself to die, but it will be a gain to you if I live. If I die I shall go immediately to glory; if I live I shall continue to minister to you, and strengthen you in the faith.


 
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