Philippians 1:22 (WEB)
But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But the apostle himself also, being one who had been formed in a womb, and had issued thence, wrote to us, and confessed in his Epistle to the Philippians that “to live in the flesh was the fruit of [his] work;” thus expressing himself.” — editor's note: Phil. i. 22.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.5Conference XXIII
“For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, for it were much better: but to abide in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 22–24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“I wished to be dissolved, and to be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is needful for you.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21–24.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Si autem vivere in carne, et hoc quoque mihi fructus operis, quid eligam nescio, et coarctor ex duobus, cupiens resolvi, et esse cum Christo: multo enim melius: manere autem in carne, est magis necessarium propter vos.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 20-24.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.5.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.5.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.12.