Philippians 4:17 - Exposition

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account ; rather, as R.V., not that I seek for the gift ; but I seek for the fruit that creaseth to your account. He shrinks sensitively from the danger of being mistaken; his words are not to be understood as a hint for further gifts. It is not the gift that he desires; but there is something which he longs for, and that is, charity, the fruit of the Spirit, showing itself in the generosity of the Philippians—the fruit of good works, continually increasing, and set down in heaven to their account.