Philippians 1:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

Philippians 1:4 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 1:2
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
2 John 1:4
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Ephesians 1:14-23
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. …
Philippians 2:2
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-6)

The apostle proceeds after the inscription and benediction to thanksgiving for the saints at Philippi. He tells them what it was he thanked God for, upon their account. Observe here, I. Paul remembered them: he bore them much in his thoughts; and though they were out of sight, and he was at a distance from them, yet they were not out of his mind: or, Upon every mention of you — epi pase te mneia.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. making request--Translate, “making my request.” for you all--The frequent repetition in this Epistle of “all” with “you,” marks that Paul desires to declare his love for all alike, and will not recognize any divisions among them. with joy--the characteristic feature in this Epistle, as love is in that to the Ephesians (compare Php 1:18; Php 2:2, 19, 28; 3:1; 4:1, 4). Love and joy are the two fi…