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Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. <a href="/esv/philippians/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/bsb/philippians/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. <a href="/blb/philippians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Be anxious about nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/kjv/philippians/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. <a href="/nkjv/philippians/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; <a href="/nasb_/philippians/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/nasb/philippians/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/nasb77/philippians/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/lsb/philippians/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/amp/philippians/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. <a href="/csb/philippians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. <a href="/hcsb/philippians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Don&#8217t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/asv/philippians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. <a href="/cev/philippians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. <a href="/erv/philippians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. <a href="/gwt/philippians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks. <a href="/gnt/philippians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart. <a href="/isv/philippians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving. <a href="/msb/philippians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. <a href="/net/philippians/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. <a href="/nheb/philippians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/wbt/philippians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/wey/philippians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God. <a href="/web/philippians/4.htm">World English Bible</a> In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/philippians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; <a href="/blb/philippians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Be anxious about nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/ylt/philippians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; <a href="/slt/philippians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Rave anxiety about nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with gratitude let your desires be made known to God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/philippians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. <a href="/cpdv/philippians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. <a href="/nabre/philippians/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. <a href="/nrsvce/philippians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/philippians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Do not worry over things; but always by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/philippians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Do not be worried for anything, but always in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be known before God,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/philippians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Be anxious about nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God: <a href="/godbey/philippians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Be solicitous about nothing; but in all prayer and supplication, let your request be made known to God. <a href="/haweis/philippians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God. <a href="/mace/philippians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> the Lord is coming: be not in any manner of sollicitude, but in all your occasions lay your requests before God by prayer and supplication accompany'd by thanksgiving. <a href="/wey/philippians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God. <a href="/worrell/philippians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Be anxious for nothing; but, in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God: <a href="/worsley/philippians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Be anxious in nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known before God. <a href="/parallel/philippians/4-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXomUhcrPbg?start=765" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/philippians/4.htm">Stand Firm in the Lord</a> …5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. 6<a href="/greek/3309.htm" title="3309: merimnate (V-PMA-2P) -- To be over-anxious; with acc: To be anxious about, distracted; I care for. From merimna; to be anxious about.">Be anxious for</a> <a href="/greek/3367.htm" title="3367: Mēden (Adj-ANS) -- No one, none, nothing. ">nothing,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panti (Adj-DNS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">everything,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">by</a> <a href="/greek/4335.htm" title="4335: proseuchē (N-DFS) -- From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory.">prayer</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1162.htm" title="1162: deēsei (N-DFS) -- Supplication, prayer, entreaty. From deomai; a petition.">petition,</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/2169.htm" title="2169: eucharistias (N-AFP) -- Thankfulness, gratitude; giving of thanks, thanksgiving. From eucharistos; gratitude; actively, grateful language.">thanksgiving,</a> <a href="/greek/1107.htm" title="1107: gnōrizesthō (V-PMM/P-3S) -- To make known, declare, know, discover. From a derivative of ginosko; to make known; subjectively, to know.">present</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/155.htm" title="155: aitēmata (N-NNP) -- A petition, request. From aiteo; a thing asked or an asking.">requests</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a> Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25-34</a> Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? / Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:17-18</a> Pray without ceasing. / Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. <a href="/john/14-27.htm">John 14:27</a> Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid. <a href="/colossians/3-15.htm">Colossians 3:15</a> Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful. <a href="/psalms/55-22.htm">Psalm 55:22</a> Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a> Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a> Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. <a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5-6</a> Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. / But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">Hebrews 4:16</a> Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-11</a> Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. / Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ... <a href="/luke/12-22.htm">Luke 12:22-31</a> Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. / For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. / Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds! ... <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a> But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. <a href="/psalms/37-5.htm">Psalm 37:5</a> Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.careful.<a href="/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16</a> Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.<a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25-33</a> Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? … <a href="/matthew/10-19.htm">Matthew 10:19</a> But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.in.<a href="/genesis/32-7.htm">Genesis 32:7-12</a> Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; … <a href="/1_samuel/1-15.htm">1 Samuel 1:15</a> And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.<a href="/1_samuel/30-6.htm">1 Samuel 30:6</a> And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.thanksgiving.<a href="/1_samuel/7-12.htm">1 Samuel 7:12</a> Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.<a href="/2_corinthians/1-11.htm">2 Corinthians 1:11</a> Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.<a href="/ephesians/5-20.htm">Ephesians 5:20</a> Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;known.<a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a> The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.<a href="/songs/2-14.htm">Song of Solomon 2:14</a> O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.<a href="/matthew/6-8.htm">Matthew 6:8</a> Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/6-5.htm">Anxiety</a> <a href="/philippians/2-28.htm">Anxious</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm">Cares</a> <a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Earnest</a> <a href="/luke/12-26.htm">Over-Anxious</a> <a href="/john/15-16.htm">Petition</a> <a href="/acts/19-8.htm">Pleading</a> <a href="/philippians/1-11.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/philippians/1-19.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Present</a> <a href="/philippians/4-2.htm">Request</a> <a href="/philippians/1-4.htm">Requests</a> <a href="/philippians/1-19.htm">Supplication</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm">Thanksgiving</a> <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">Anxiety</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Anxious</a> <a href="/philippians/4-10.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-7.htm">Cares</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Earnest</a> <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Over-Anxious</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-17.htm">Petition</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-7.htm">Pleading</a> <a href="/philippians/4-8.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/colossians/1-3.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Present</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-1.htm">Request</a> <a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">Requests</a> <a href="/james/5-16.htm">Supplication</a> <a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Thanksgiving</a> <a href="/colossians/1-17.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Philippians 4</div>1. <a href="/philippians/4-1.htm">From particular admonitions,</a> 4. <a href="/philippians/4-4.htm">he proceeds to general exhortations,</a> 10. <a href="/philippians/4-10.htm">showing how he rejoiced at their generosity toward him while in prison.</a> 19. <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">And so he concludes with prayer and salutations.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the historical context of the early church, believers faced persecution and uncertainty, which could easily lead to anxiety. Paul, writing from prison, encourages the Philippians to trust in God's sovereignty and care, reminding them that anxiety is unnecessary when one is under divine protection. This phrase calls Christians to a life of faith, trusting that God is in control of all circumstances.but in everything The word "everything" is translated from the Greek "pas," meaning all-encompassing or without exception. This indicates that no aspect of life is too trivial or too significant to bring before God. Historically, this reflects the comprehensive nature of God's concern for His people, as seen throughout Scripture. It encourages believers to maintain a constant dialogue with God, integrating their faith into every part of their lives.by prayer and petition "Prayer" (Greek "proseuche") refers to general communication with God, while "petition" (Greek "deesis") implies specific requests or supplications. This distinction highlights the multifaceted nature of prayer, encompassing both worship and specific needs. In the Jewish tradition, prayer was a central part of daily life, and Paul emphasizes its importance for Christians as well. This phrase encourages believers to approach God with both reverence and honesty, bringing all concerns before Him.with thanksgiving The Greek word "eucharistia" denotes gratitude and is a key element of Christian prayer. Thanksgiving acknowledges God's past faithfulness and provision, fostering a spirit of trust and contentment. Historically, thanksgiving was a vital part of Jewish worship, and Paul integrates this into Christian practice. This phrase reminds believers to maintain an attitude of gratitude, recognizing God's goodness even amidst trials.present your requests to God The word "present" (Greek "gnorizo") means to make known or declare. This implies an intentional act of bringing one's needs before God, trusting in His willingness to listen and respond. In the context of the early church, this was a radical concept, as many pagan religions viewed their gods as distant and uninterested in human affairs. Paul assures the Philippians that the Christian God is personal and attentive. This phrase encourages believers to confidently and openly communicate with God, assured of His love and care.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/philippians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Be careful for nothing.--An exact repetition of our Lord's command, "Take no thought" (in <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm" title="Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?">Matthew 6:25</a>; <a href="/matthew/6-34.htm" title="Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof.">Matthew 6:34</a>). The prohibition is of that painful anxiety which is inevitable in all who feel themselves alone in mere self-dependence amidst the difficulties and dangers of life. It is possible to sink below this anxiety in mere levity and thoughtlessness; it is possible to rise above it by "casting our care on Him who careth for us," and knowing that we are simply "fellow-workers with Him" (<a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm" title="Casting all your care on him; for he cares for you.">1Peter 5:7</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm" title="We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain.">2Corinthians 6:1</a>). Hence the Apostle passes on at once to speak of the trustfulness of prayer.Prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.--By "prayer" is meant worship generally, so called (as in common parlance now) because in this state of imperfection prayer must be its leading element, as praise will be in the perfection of the future. (See <a href="/acts/2-42.htm" title="And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.">Acts 2:42</a>, where "the prayers" are among the essential marks of church membership.) To this general word is subjoined the distinction of the two great elements of worship, "supplication with thanksgiving." The very expression, however, shows that, though distinct, they are inseparable. (See <a href="/ephesians/6-18.htm" title="Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;">Ephesians 6:18</a>, and Note there.) Both words "prayer" and "supplication" have the article in the original, and may probably refer to the recognised worship of the Church. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/philippians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Be careful for nothing; rather, as R.V., in nothing be anxious. Μέριμνα is anxious, distracting care. St. Paul does not wish his converts to be careless, but to be free from that over-anxiety about worldly things which might distract their thoughts from the service of God, and hinder their growth in holiness. Comp. <a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a>, where the apostle bids us cast all our care (μέριμνα) upon God. The thought of the Lord's nearness should lead us both to be forbearing in our relations to others, and also to keep ourselves free, as far as may be, from worldly anxieties. "He careth for us." But in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. "Curare et orare," says Bengel, "plus inter se pugnant quam aqua et ignis." In everything; in each emergency, little or great, as it arises, pray; cultivate the habit of referring all things, great or small, to God in prayer. The two words rendered "prayer" and "supplication" προσευχή and δέησις) occur together also in <a href="/ephesians/6-18.htm">Ephesians 6:18</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/2.htm">1 Timothy 2</a>:l and Ephesians 5:5. The first has been defined by Chrysostom and others as prayer to obtain a good; the second, prayer to avoid an evil Better, perhaps, as most modern commentators, προσευχή is the general word, covering the idea of prayer in its widest meaning; while δέησις is a special act of supplication for some particular object of need (see Trench, 'Synonyms of the New Testament,' sect. 51.). With thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the necessary accompaniment of prayer; it ought never to be absent from our devotions; it springs out of that holy joy which St. Paul so constantly sets before us in this Epistle as the bounden duty of Christians. St. Paul himself is an example of constant thanksgiving. All his Epistles, except those to the Galatians, 1 Timothy, and Titus, open with a thanksgiving. In the dungeon at Philippi he and Silas "prayed and sang praises unto God" (<a href="/acts/16-25.htm">Acts 16:25</a>). Our requests, the things for which we ask, are to be made known unto God; πρὸς τὸν Θεόν before God, in the presence of God, by prayer, the general converse of the soul with God; and by supplication, direct petitions for the supply of our necessities. Indeed, he knows our necessities before we ask; but we are encouraged to make them known before him, as Hezekiah took the letter of Sennacherib and spread it before the Lord. <a href="/commentaries/philippians/4-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Be anxious for μεριμνᾶτε (merimnate) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3309.htm">Strong's 3309: </a> To be over-anxious; with acc: To be anxious about, distracted; I care for. From merimna; to be anxious about. nothing, Μηδὲν (Mēden) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3367.htm">Strong's 3367: </a> No one, none, nothing. but ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. everything, παντὶ (panti) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. by τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prayer προσευχῇ (proseuchē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4335.htm">Strong's 4335: </a> From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. petition, δεήσει (deēsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1162.htm">Strong's 1162: </a> Supplication, prayer, entreaty. From deomai; a petition. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. thanksgiving, εὐχαριστίας (eucharistias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2169.htm">Strong's 2169: </a> Thankfulness, gratitude; giving of thanks, thanksgiving. From eucharistos; gratitude; actively, grateful language. present γνωριζέσθω (gnōrizesthō) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1107.htm">Strong's 1107: </a> To make known, declare, know, discover. From a derivative of ginosko; to make known; subjectively, to know. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. requests αἰτήματα (aitēmata) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_155.htm">Strong's 155: </a> A petition, request. From aiteo; a thing asked or an asking. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. God. Θεόν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">NT Letters: Philippians 4:6 In nothing be anxious but in everything (Philipp. Phil. 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