7 and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.
these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
and may the Lord of the peace Himself give to you the peace always in every way; the Lord `is' with you all!
and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.
for the mind of the flesh `is' death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;
O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,
Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.
Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase `is' good.
`Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee, and appoint for thee -- peace.
Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I `am' Jehovah, doing all these things.'
Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day `is' holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.'
He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving `it'.
to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and `from' the Lord Jesus Christ!
To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'
Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah. And the wicked `are' as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire. There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!
John to the seven assemblies that `are' in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,
the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.
So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that `for' which I sent it. For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you `with' singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.
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Commentary on Philippians 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
Exhortations to several Christian duties, as stedfastness, unanimity, joy, etc. (v. 1-9). The apostle's grateful acknowledgments of the Philippians' kindness to him, with expressions of his own content, and desire of their good (v. 10-19). He concludes the epistle with praise, salutations, and blessing (v. 20-23).
Phl 4:1-9
The apostle begins the chapter with exhortations to divers Christian duties.
In these things he proposes himself to them for an example (v. 9): Those things which you have learned, and received, and heard and seen in me, do. Observe, Paul's doctrine and life were of a piece. What they saw in him was the same thing with what they heard from him. He could propose himself as well as his doctrine to their imitation. It gives a great force to what we say to others when we can appeal to what they have seen in us. And this is the way to have the God of peace with us-to keep close to our duty to him. The Lord is with us while we are with him.
Phl 4:10-19
In these verses we have the thankful grateful acknowledgment which the apostle makes of the kindness of the Philippians in sending him a present for his support, now that he was a prisoner at Rome. And here,
Phl 4:20-23
The apostle concludes the epistle in these verses,