{"id":1143,"date":"2011-01-20T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2023-01-12T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T14:11:06","slug":"philippians-122-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Philippians 1:22-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>in the flesh (v.22) \u2014 here, in the human body<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">But if for me life in the flesh be my portion, this very thing (namely, life in the flesh) is that in which the fruit of my ministry will be involved, and is the condition of that fruit being brought forth. Then, what I shall prefer for myself, I do not make known. \u2014 <em>Philippians in the Greek New Testament<\/em>, by Kenneth S. Wuest, page 45.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>hard-pressed (v.23) = pressure on both sides, making a decision difficult \u2014 strait<\/h3>\n<h3>between the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two<\/span> (v.23) \u2014 life or death<\/h3>\n<h3>desire (v.23) \u2014 here, good desire<\/h3>\n<h3>depart (v.23) = lit. &#8220;to unloose and depart&#8221; \u2014 like a ship sailing off or pulling up tent stakes and departing \u2014 to die physically<\/h3>\n<h3>be with Christ (v.23) \u2014 (<a href=\"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=4967\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 Corinthians 5:1<\/span><\/a>). When a believer dies, he is immediately in the presence of Christ (<a href=\"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=4973\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 Corinthians 5:8<\/span><\/a>).<\/h3>\n<h3>far better (v.23) \u2014 It is far better to be with Christ than being in the human body, even when it is centered on Christ.<\/h3>\n<h3>remain in the flesh (v.24) \u2014 should be &#8220;abide by the flesh&#8221; \u2014 hold on, cling to<\/h3>\n<h3>more needful (v.24) \u2014 For Paul, it was better to be with Christ, but for the Philippians, it was better for him to live.<\/h3>\n<h3>Paul had been to heaven and knew what awaited him (<a href=\"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=5205\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 Corinthians 12:4-6<\/span><\/a>).<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1143\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study-philippians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7315,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/7315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}