‏ Philippians 1:22

 If this is the fruit of my work ( τουτο μο καρπος εργου ). There is no  ε (if) here in the Greek, but  τουτο (this) seems to be resumptive and to repeat the conditional clause just before. If so,  κα just after means

 then and introduces the conclusion of the condition. Otherwise  τουτο introduces the conclusion and  κα means

 and.

 I wot not ( ου γνωριζω ). "I know not." It seems odd to preserve the old English word "wot" here. But it is not clear that  γνωριζω (old causative verb from  γινωσκω ) means just to know. Elsewhere in the N.T., as in Lu 2:15; Ro 9:22, it means to make known, to declare. The papyri examples mean to make known. It makes perfectly good sense to take its usual meaning here, "I do not declare what I shall choose."

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