Parallel Verses
Amplified
If, however, it is to be life here and I am to go on living, this will mean useful and productive service for me; so I do not know which to choose [if I am given that choice].
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
Holman Bible
Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful
International Standard Version
Now if I continue living, fruitful labor is the result, so I do not know which I would prefer.
A Conservative Version
But if to live in flesh, this is fruit of labor to me, then what I will choose I know not.
American Standard Version
But if to live in the flesh, -- if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.
An Understandable Version
But if [continuing] to live in my body means accomplishing more work [for Christ], then I do not know which to choose.
Anderson New Testament
But if this, my life in the flesh, would be profitable for my work in the ministry, verily, what I should choose I know not.
Bible in Basic English
But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.
Common New Testament
But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I do not know.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whether it be an advantage to me or not still to lead this mortal life, what to chuse I cannot tell.
Darby Translation
but if to live in flesh is my lot, this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.
Godbey New Testament
But if to live in the flesh, this shall be to me the fruit of the work, indeed I know not what I shall ask.
Goodspeed New Testament
But if living on here means having my labor bear fruit, I cannot tell which to choose.
John Wesley New Testament
But if I am to live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour, and what I should chuse, I know not.
Julia Smith Translation
And if to live in the flesh, this to me the fruit of work: and whether I shall be taken away I know not
King James 2000
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if [it is] to live in the flesh, this [is] fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer [I do] not know.
Modern King James verseion
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If it chance me to live in the flesh, that is to me fruitful for to work, and what to choose I know not.
Moffatt New Testament
But then, if it is to be life here below, that means fruitful work for me. So ??well, I cannot tell which to choose;
Montgomery New Testament
But now, if life in the flesh, if this be the fruit of my toil??hat to choose I do not know,
NET Bible
Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don't know which I prefer:
New Heart English Bible
But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I do not make known what I will choose.
Noyes New Testament
But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say;
Sawyer New Testament
But if to live in the flesh [is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and which I shall choose I know not.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if living in flesh, is Christ , this, unto me, is a fruit of work, - and, what I shall choose, I make not known:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know not.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But what if the life here in the body--if this brings me fruit from my labors? Then which to choose I cannot tell! I am sorely perplexed either way!
Webster
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.
Weymouth New Testament
But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.
Williams New Testament
But if to keep on living here means fruit from my labor, I cannot tell which to choose.
World English Bible
But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't know what I will choose.
Worrell New Testament
But if it be to live in flesh, this is to me a fruit of labor; and what I shall choose I know not;
Worsley New Testament
so that I know not what to chuse;
Youngs Literal Translation
And if to live in the flesh is to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Philippians 1:22
Images Philippians 1:22
Prayers for Philippians 1:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living Is Christ
21 For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity]. 22 If, however, it is to be life here and I am to go on living, this will mean useful and productive service for me; so I do not know which to choose [if I am given that choice]. 23 But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
Cross References
Genesis 21:26
Abimelech said, “I do not know who did this thing. Indeed, you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.”
Genesis 39:8
But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me in the house, my master does not concern himself with anything; he has put everything that he owns in my charge.
Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered together before Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a
Psalm 71:18
And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
Isaiah 38:18-19
“For Sheol cannot praise or thank You,
Death cannot praise You and rejoice in You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Acts 3:17
“Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.
Romans 11:2
God has not rejected His [chosen] people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
2 Corinthians 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Philippians 1:24
yet to remain in my body is more necessary and essential for your sake.
Colossians 2:1
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those [believers] at
1 Peter 4:2
so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.