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Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
Verse 6. _BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING_] μηδεν μεριμνατε. Be not anxiously solicitous; do not give place to carking care, let what will occur; for anxiety cannot chance the state or condition of any thing f...
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING - That is, be not anxious or solicitous about the things of the present life. The word used here - μεριμνᾶτε merimnate - does not mean that we are to exercise no care about wor...
IV. CHRIST, THE BELIEVER'S STRENGTH, SUFFICIENT FOR ALL CIRCUMSTANCES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Stand fast and rejoice (Philippians 4:1)_ 2. Dependence on God and true heart occupation (Philippians 4:5) 3. I...
PHP_4:4-7. JOY AND PEACE. Once again Paul sounds his dominant note of joy. For the fifth and last time he refers to the return of Christ (_cf. Php_1:6; Php_1:10_, Php_2:16, Php_3:20). He deprecates an...
GREAT THINGS IN THE LORD (Php_4:1) _ 4:1 So, then, my brothers, whom I love and yearn for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved._ Through this passage breathes the warmth of Paul's a...
Do not worry about anything; but in everything with prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all human thought, will st...
CAREFUL. anxious. First occurance: Matthew 6:25, NOTHING. Greek. _medeis_ PRAYER. supplication. App-134.:3 REQUESTS. App-134. MADE KNOWN. Greek. _gnorizo_, See Philippians 1:22. UNTO. App-104. G...
_Be careful for nothing_ Better, in modern English, IN NOTHING BE ANXIOUS (R.V.). Wyclif, "be ye no thing bisie"; all the other older English versions are substantially as A.V.; Luther, _Sorget nichts...
ΜΗΔῈΝ ΜΕΡΙΜΝΑ͂ΤΕ. “In nothing be anxious,” R.V. _Nihil solliciti sitis_, Vulg. _Sorget nichts_, Luther. On the etymology of μεριμνᾶν, and on the thought here, see above on Philippians 2:20. The mental...
ΜΕΡΙΜΝΆΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΜΕΡΙΜΝΆΩ (G3309) беспокоиться, волноваться, заботиться о чем-л., торопиться (Beare). ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΉ (G4335) _dat. sing._ молитва, ΔΈΗΣΙΣ (G1162) просьба; обычно просьба,...
DISCOURSE: 2160 A DISSUASIVE FROM CAREFULNESS Philippians 4:6. _Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And t...
WITH THANKSGIVING,— When St. Paul directs them to join thanksgiving with prayer and supplication, in their suffering condition, he appears to have the same design before noticed; namely, to divert the...
6. IN NOTHING BE ANXIOUS; BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD. 7. AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL GUARD...
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. [ Merimnate (G3309)] 'Be anxious about nothing' (Matthew 6:25). Care...
__ Exhortation to Imitate Paul fact that in him alone do we see the resurrection life of Christ interpreted in terms of present conduct. Christ's earthly life needs no such interpretation, so none of...
4:6 to (d-20) 'Before,' _ pros_ . see 'at,' Matthew 21:1 . They were to address their requests to him....
Final Charge. Acknowledgement of Philippian Bounty _VI. Closing Exhortations (Philippians 4:1)_ § 15. Philippians 4:1. With heightened feeling St. Paul resumes the vein of exhortation commenced in Ph...
ANXIETY is precluded by the direction, LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD—since 'he careth for you' (1 Peter 5:7 cp. Matthew 6:31). PRAYER is devout address to God in general, SUPPLICATION the s...
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 PAUL APPEALS FOR A STEADY *FAITH AND FOR UNITY 4:1-3 V1 So then, my dear brothers and sisters, whom I love and I want very...
(4-7) St. Paul returns once more to the exhortation to joy so characteristic of this Epistle. But it is a joy in the sense of the Lord’s being at hand. Hence it turns at once to thanksgiving and praye...
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING. — An exact repetition of our Lord’s command, “Take no thought” (in Matthew 6:25; Matthew 6:34). The prohibition is of that painful anxiety which is inevitable in all who feel t...
CHAPTER 17 PEACE AND JOY. Philippians 4:2 (R.V.) DR. LIGHTFOOT has observed that the passages in the Acts of the Apostles which record the Macedonian experiences of Paul have a good deal to say abou...
μ. μερ. “In nothing be anxious.” μερ. is not common in earlier prose. It is used repeatedly in LXX of anxiety (_a_) approaching dread as Psalms 37:19, (_b_) producing displeasure as Ezekiel 16:42, (_c...
GENERAL EXHORTATIONS ON THE RIGHT SPIRIT AND THE RIGHT CONDUCT OF LIFE....
INSPIRING EXHORTATIONS Philippians 4:1 What a strong and faithful heart was Paul's! Poor and despised though he was, he had both joys and crowns of which no hostile force could deprive him. He lived...
Passing from particular to general instruction, the apostle first enjoined the grace of rejoicing. Twice he repeated his injunction. Moreover, he charged the Philippians that forbearance toward all me...
MAINTAINING THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND Paul was in a Roman prison, yet he could tell those in the Philippian church, "Rejoice...rejoice". The reason for this can only be that he was "in the Lord" and kne...
(6) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with (f) thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (6) The third is, that we are not too anxious for anything, b...
_But in every [2] thing by prayer, &c. By the Greek, the sense and construction cannot be in every prayer; but in every thing, in all circumstances, have recourse to prayer. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY]...
(4) Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. (5) Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. (6) Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication wi...
There is no epistle in the New Testament which gives so little space to the development of. doctrine as this to the Philippians. Need it be said that it has not the less its own proper office on that...
_A DIVINE PRESCRIPTION_ ‘Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests he made known unto God.’ Php_4:6 What a simple prescription it is—...
6_But in all things _It is the singular number that is made use of by Paul, but is the neuter gender; the expression, therefore, is equivalent to _omni negotio _ _, (in every matter,_) for (_prayer_)...
The Philippians were therefore to stand fast in the Lord. This is difficult when the general tone is lowered; painful also, for one's walk becomes much more solitary, and the hearts of others are stra...
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING,.... This must be understood not in the most extensive sense, but with a limitation and restriction. There are many things that saints are to be careful for, as men and Christia...
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Ver. 6. _In nothing be careful_] Or care for nothing, viz. with a car...
_Rejoice in the Lord alway_ For, as believers in Christ, as children and heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ of the heavenly, incorruptible inheritance, and as persons assured that all things, e...
CAREFUL; anxious, solicitous....
His heart overflowing at the contemplation of such an Object, the apostle in Ch.4 dwells upon the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus to supremely satisfy the soul. If in Ch.3 Christ is his Object in Glory,...
You Don't Have to Worry! 1 Peter 4:1-9 1. KEY WORDS 1 Beloved, longed, crown, fast 2 Beseech, same, mind 3 Intreat, yokefellow, book of life 4 Rejoice, alway 5 Moderation, at hand 6 Careful, s...
“In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” “In nothing”: “DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING” (MON). “ENTERTAIN NO WORRY”...
2-9 Let believers be of one mind, and ready to help each other. As the apostle had found the benefit of their assistance, he knew how comfortable it would be to his fellow-labourers to have the help...
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING; he dissuades not from a spiritual care, arising from a good principle, according to a right rule, for a good end; this care of diligence, in a due manner, within our own sphere...
The Second Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity anxious care in everything,"[6]...
Php_4:6 anxious G3309 (G5720) nothing G3367 but G235 in G1722 everything G3956 prayer G4335 and G2532 supplication G1162 with G3326
FINAL WORDS OF ADMONITION AND GUIDANCE (PHILIPPIANS 4:1). Approaching the end of his letter on the glorious note found in the previous verses Paul now takes them back in Philippians 4:1 to that revela...
PAUL NOW GIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS BELOVED PHILIPPIANS (PHILIPPIANS 4:4). Paul now commences a series of injunctions in staccato form which are not directly connected in the Greek. In a sense ea...
‘In nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.' The third exhortation is that they should not be filled with anxiety abo...
Philippians 4:6. BE OVER-ANXIOUS IN NOTHING. ‘Careful' has lost its sense of ‘full of care,' and we have no good word to take its place. The feeling which the apostle wishes to check is that undue car...
_How to be ready for the coming of the Lord,_ 4-7. Turning from special exhortation, St. Paul gives some general precepts to the whole church. In these he exhorts to a religious joy, and this should b...
IN NOTHING BE ANXIOUS (μηδεν μεριμνατε). Present imperative in prohibition, "stop being anxious." See μη μεριμνατε in Matthew 6:31.WITH THANKSGIVING (μετα ευχαριστιας). In all the forms of prayer...
Philippians 4:6 I. "Let your requests be made known unto God." (1) Requests. All creatures are dependent. The act of breathing seems the emblem at once of the creature's continual need and the Creator...
Philippians 4:5 I. It is not easy to determine in which of two senses the former clause is to be taken. The Lord is near in position, and the Lord is near in approach. In either sense we can connect t...
Philippians 4:4 A Life of Prayer a Life of Peace. St. Paul in these words bids the Christians of Philippi to carry all their sorrows and fears to the throne of Christ. He specially bids them remember...
Philippians 4:6 The Peace of God and what Hinders it. The Apostle speaks of certain things which hinder the ideal peace, and the practical thing for us is to understand these hindrances and remove t...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, do stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved._ You know that the church at Philippi was very dear to the apos...
This Epistle was written by Paul when he was in prison, with iron fetters about his wrists; yet there is no iron in the Epistle. It is full of light, life, love, and joy, blended with traces of sorro...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the lord, my dearly beloved._ Paul had a very warm affection for the church at Philippi. You...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved._ It is a great joy to a minister, as it was to the apostle Paul...
CONTENTS: Christ the believer's strength and source of joy and peace. Giver of victory over anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Euodias, Syntyche, Clement. CONCLUSION: The believer's hope and pro...
Philippians 4:6. _Be careful for nothing let your requests be made known unto God._ Not that we are to abandon all care, or become careless, about the things of the present life, for that would be inc...
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. See Matthew 6:25-34 and notes. ASK GOD. "Instead of worrying, you should put yourselves in God's hands! Let your prayer grow out of a thankful heart! Ask God for everything...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:6 DO NOT BE ANXIOUS. See Matthew 6:25....
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:1 Concluding Encouragement and Thanksgiving. Paul calls for reconciliation, joyful faith, and disciplined thinking....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 4:6. BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING.—R.V. “in nothing be anxious.” The word suggests the idea of a poor distraught mind on which concerns have fastened themselves,...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 4:1 THEREFORE, MY BRETHREN DEARLY BELOVED AND LONGED FOR, MY JOY AND CROWN. The apostle here, as in 1 Corinthians 15:58, urges the hope of a glorious resurrection as an incent...
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for (Philippians 4:1), What a beautiful words by Paul to the church, expressing his heart, just bearing his heart to them, "Dearly beloved, I long for...
1 Corinthians 7:21; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Peter 5:7;...
Be careful [μ ε ρ ι μ ν α τ ε]. See on Matthew 6:25. Rev., better, be anxious. Prayer and supplication. General and special. See on Luke 5:33; Luke 8:38. Proseuch prayer, only of prayer to God. The tw...
TENDER WORDS FROM A PRISON CELL Philippians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no Epistle that so beautifully displays the inner life-throbs of Paul, as does the Epistle to the Philippians....
PRAYER Philippians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The spirit of prayer must ever be the spirit of the believer. He who knows the place and power of prayer knows the victory of the Christian life. He who, i...
Be anxiously careful for nothing — If men are not gentle towards you, yet neither on this, nor any other account, be careful, but pray. Carefulness and prayer cannot stand together. In every thing — G...
Observe here, 1. The duty exhorted to, namely, to be anxiously and solicitously careful for nothing; it is not care, but carefulness, that is, inordinate care, heart-cutting, distracting, and soul-ren...