15 [a]And ye Philippians know also that in the [b]beginning of the Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with me, concerning the matter of giving and receiving, but ye only.

16 For even when I was in Thessalonica, ye sent once, and afterward again for my necessity.

17 [c]Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 4:15 He witnesseth that he remembereth also their former benefits, and again putteth away sinistrous suspicion of immoderate desire, in that that he received nought of any else.
  2. Philippians 4:15 At that beginning when I preached the Gospel amongst you.
  3. Philippians 4:17 He witnesseth again, that he alloweth well of their benefit not so much for his own sake as for theirs, because they gave it not so much to him, as they offered it to God as a sacrifice, whereof the Lord himself will not be forgetful.

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