Philippians 4
1 So then, my dear friends, whom I am longing to see – you who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in union with the Lord, dear friends.
So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord this way beloved.
2 I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to live in harmony, in union with the Lord;
I exhort Euodias, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.
3 yes, and I ask you, my true comrade, to help them, remembering that they toiled by my side in spreading the good news; and so, too, did Clement and my other fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Yes, I ask thee also, genuine yokefellow, help them-the women who labored with me in the good news-with Clement also, and the rest of my co-workmen whose names are in the book of life.
4 All joy be yours at all times in your union with the Lord. Again I repeat – All joy be yours.
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.
5 Let your forbearing spirit be plain to everyone. The Lord is near.
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.
6 Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.
Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.
7 Then the peace of God, which is beyond all human understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and thoughts, through your union with Christ Jesus.
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 In conclusion, friends, whenever you find things that are true or honourable, righteous or pure, loveable or praiseworthy, or if virtue and honour have any meaning, let them fill your thoughts.
Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if anything is praiseworthy, think on these things.
9 All that you learned and received and heard and saw in me put into practice continually; and then God, the giver of peace, will be with you.
And what ye learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
10 It was a matter of great joy to me, as one in union with the Lord, that at length your interest in me had revived. The interest indeed you had, but not the opportunity.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last ye have revived thinking about me, in which also ye were thinking, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Do not think that I am saying this under the pressure of want. For I, however I am placed, have learned to be independent of circumstances.
Not that I speak regarding need, for I have learned in what things I am to be content.
12 I know how to face humble circumstances, and I know how to face prosperity. Into all and every human experience I have been initiated – into plenty and hunger, into prosperity and want.
I know both how to be abased and how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be lacking.
13 I can do everything through the strength of the one who makes me strong!
I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.
14 Yet you have acted nobly in sharing my troubles.
Nevertheless ye did well having shared with my affliction.
15 And you at Philippi know, as well as I, that in the early days of the good news – at the time when I had just left Macedonia – no church, with the one exception of yourselves, had anything to do with me as far as giving and receiving are concerned.
And ye Philippians also have seen that, in the beginning of the good news when I departed from Macedonia, not one congregation shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except ye only,
16 Indeed, even while I was still in Thessalonica, you sent more than once to relieve my wants.
because also in Thessalonica ye sent both once and again to my need.
17 It is not that I am anxious for your gifts, but I am anxious to see the abundant return that will be placed to your account. I have enough of everything, and to spare.
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.
18 My wants are fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts which you sent me – the sweet fragrance of a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.
19 And my God, out of the greatness of his wealth, will, in glory, fully satisfy your every need, through your union with Christ Jesus.
And my God will fill your every need according to his wealth in glory in Christ Jesus.
Now to our God and Father is the glory into the ages of the ages. Truly. (aiōn g165)
21 Give my greeting to everyone of the people of Christ Jesus. The Lord’s followers who are with me send your their greetings.
Salute every sanctified man in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me salute you.
22 All Christ’s people here, and especially those who belong to the Emperor’s household, send theirs.
All the sanctified salute you, and especially those of the house of Caesar.
23 May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ rest on your souls.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with you all. Truly.
