Philippians 1:24
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
KJV
τὸ δὲ ἐπιμένειν τῇ σαρκὶ ἀναγκαιότερον δι’ ὑμᾶς.
Greek NT
permanere autem in carne, necessarium propter vos.
Vulgate
yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
ASV
But to abide still in the flesh is needful for you.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀναγκαῖος
anagkaios
adjective · 8×
ἐπιμένω
epimeno
verb · 17×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: ἐν | Treg/NIV/RP: ἐν
- ἐν — SBLGNT
- ἐν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Phil 1:22 — But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.