Philippians 4
Easy-to-Read Version
Some Things to Do
4 My dear brothers and sisters, I love you and want to see you. You bring me joy and make me proud of you. Continue following the Lord as I have told you.
2 Euodia and Syntyche, you both belong to the Lord, so please agree with each other. 3 For this I make a special request to my friend who has served with me so faithfully: Help these women. They worked hard with me in telling people the Good News, together with Clement and others who worked with me. Their names are written in the book of life.[a]
4 Always be filled with joy in the Lord. I will say it again. Be filled with joy.
5 Let everyone see that you are gentle and kind. The Lord is coming soon. 6 Don’t worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks for what you have. 7 And because you belong to Christ Jesus, God’s peace will stand guard over all your thoughts and feelings. His peace can do this far better than our human minds.[b]
8 Brothers and sisters, continue to think about what is good and worthy of praise. Think about what is true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected. 9 And do what you learned and received from me—what I told you and what you saw me do. And the God who gives peace will be with you.
Paul Thanks the Philippian Believers
10 I am so happy, and I thank the Lord that you have again shown your care for me. You continued to care about me, but there was no way for you to show it. 11 I am telling you this, but not because I need something. I have learned to be satisfied with what I have and with whatever happens. 12 I know how to live when I am poor and when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of how to live through any kind of situation—when I have enough to eat or when I am hungry, when I have everything I need or when I have nothing. 13 Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do.
14 But it was good that you helped me when I needed help. 15 You people in Philippi remember when I first told the Good News there. When I left Macedonia, you were the only church that gave me help. 16 Several times you sent me things I needed when I was in Thessalonica. 17 Really, it is not that I want to get gifts from you. But I want you to have the benefit that comes from giving. 18 I have everything I need. I have even more than I need. I have all I need because Epaphroditus brought your gift to me. Your gift is like a sweet-smelling sacrifice offered to God. God accepts that sacrifice and it pleases him. 19 My God will use his glorious riches to give you everything you need. He will do this through Christ Jesus. 20 Glory to our God and Father forever and ever. Amen.
21 Give our greetings to God’s people there—to each one who belongs to Christ Jesus. Those in God’s family who are with me send you their greetings. 22 And greetings to you from all of God’s people here, especially those who work in the service of the emperor.
23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Footnotes
- Philippians 4:3 book of life God’s book that contains the names of his chosen people. See Rev. 3:5; 21:27.
- Philippians 4:7 can do … minds Literally, “surpasses (is better than) every mind,” which could also have the meaning “is beyond all understanding.”
Filipos 4
Ang Salita ng Diyos
4 Kaya nga, mga kapatid kong minamahal at pinanabikan, kayo ang aking kagalakan at putong. Magpakatatag kayo sa ganitong paraan sa Panginoon.
Mga Pagtatagubilin
2 Pinagtagubilinan ko sina Euodias at Sintique na magkaisa ng pag-iisip sa Panginoon.
3 Hinihiling ko rin naman sa iyo, tunay na kamanggagawa, na tulungan mo ang mga babaeng ito. Sila ang mga kasama kong nagpagal para sa ebanghelyo, kasama si Clemente at ang iba pang mga kamanggagawa na ang kanilang mga pangalan ay nasa aklat ng buhay.
4 Magalak kayong lagi sa Panginoon at muli kong sasabihin, magalak kayo. 5 Ipakilala ninyo sa lahat ng mga tao ang inyong kahinahunan. Malapit na ang Panginoon. 6 Huwag kayong mabalisa patungkol sa anumang bagay. Sa halip, ipaalam ninyo ang inyong mga kahilingan sa Diyos na may pasasalamat sa pamamagitan ng panalangin at ng panalanging may paghiling. 7 At ang kapayapaang mula sa Diyos, na higit sa anumang pang-unawa, ang siyang mag-iingat sa inyong mga puso at pag-iisip sa pamamagitan ni Cristo Jesus.
8 Sa katapus-tapusan mga kapatid, anumang mga bagay na totoo, anuman ang marangal, anuman ang matuwid, anuman ang dalisay, anumang mga bagay angkaibig-ibig, anuman ang may mabuting ulat, kung mayroon mang kabutihan at anumang kapuri-puri, ang mga bagay na ito ang isipin ninyo. 9 Ang mga bagay din na inyong natutuhan, at tinanggap, at narinig at nakita sa akin ay isagawa ninyo. Sa gayon, ang Diyos ng kapayapaan ay sasainyo.
Pagpapasalamat ni Pablo sa mga Taga-Filipos Dahil sa Kanilang mga Kaloob
10 Ngunit lubos akong nagagalak sa Panginoon na sa wakas muling nanariwa ngayon ang inyong pag-alaala sa akin, na bagaman may pag-alaala kayo sa akin, wala nga lang kayong pagkakataong ipakita ito.
11 Hindi sa ako ay nagsalita dahil sa aking pangangailangan, dahil natutuhan ko nang masiyahan anuman ang aking kalagayan. 12 Alam ko ang mabuhay sa paghihikahos at ang mabuhay sa kasaganaan, kung paano ang ibababa at alam ko kung paano ang sumagana. Sa lahat ng dako at sa lahat ngbagay ay tinuruan akong mabusog at magutom, maging sa kasaganaan at maging sa kasalatan. 13 Ako ay may sapat na lakas na gawin ang lahat ng mga bagay sa pamamagitan ni Cristo na nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan sa akin.
14 Gayunman, napakabuti ng inyong ginawang pakikibahagi sa aking mga paghihirap. 15 Kayong mga taga-Filipos, alam din naman ninyo nasa pasimula pa ng pangangaral ng ebanghelyo, nang umalis ako sa Macedonia, walang ibang iglesiya ang nakipag-isa sa akin patungkol sa pagkakaloob at sa pagtanggap, kundi kayo lamang. 16 Ito ay sapagkat maging noong ako ay nasa Tesalonica ay nagpadala kayong minsan at muli para sa aking pangangailangan. 17 Hindi sapagkat ako ay naghahangad ng kaloob kundi ang hinahangad ko ay masaganang bunga na nakatala para sa inyo. 18 Mayroon ako ng lahat ng bagay at sumasagana. Napunan na ang aking pangangailangan dahil sa natanggap ko mula kay Epafrodito ang mga bagay na ipinadala ninyo. Ito ay samyo na mahalimuyak, isang haing katanggap-tanggap at kalugud-lugod sa Diyos. 19 Ngunit ang aking Diyos ang magpupuno sa inyo ng lahat ng inyong pangangailangan ayon sa kaniyang kayamanan sa kaluwalhatian kay Cristo Jesus.
20 Ngayon, sa ating Diyos at Ama ang kaluwalhatian magpakailan pa man. Siya nawa.
Panghuling Pagbati
21 Batiin ninyo ang bawat banal kay Cristo Jesus. Binabati kayo ng mga kapatid na kasama ko.
22 Binabati kayo ng lahat ng mga banal lalong-lalo na ang mga kasambahay ni Cesar.
23 Ang biyaya ng ating Panginoong Jesucristo ay sumainyong lahat. Siya nawa!
Philippians 4
King James Version
4 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: 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 every thing 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 keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.
22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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