“But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.”
If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which I shall choose — Paul's dilemma is genuinely poised: continued life means continued apostolic work (kopos, labor producing fruit). The uncertainty 'I do not know which' is not weakness but integrity—he refuses to prefer comfort over Christ, life over witness. The verse shows his willingness for either outcome, transcending self-interest. Such detachment paradoxically frees him for maximum effectiveness.
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