Philippians 4:1

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Summary

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

Therefore

Philippians 3:20

2 Peter 3:11

And

Philippians 1:8

Philippians 2:26

My joy

So

Bible References

Therefore

For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

[Because] all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of [people] must you be in holy behavior and godliness,

And

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

because he was longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

My joy

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

just as you have also understood us in part, that we are your reason for boasting, just as you [are] also ours in the day of our Lord Jesus.

For who [is] our hope or joy or crown of boasting? [Is it] not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy [with] which we rejoice because of you before our God,

So

Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

Those who trust in Yahweh [are] like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, [but] abides forever.

and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples,

You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.

who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act courageously, be strong.

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength.

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions which you were taught, whether by [spoken] word or by letter from us.

You, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace [that is] in Christ Jesus,

For we have become partners of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of [our] commitment steadfast until the end,

Therefore, [because we] have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

Let us hold fast to the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for the one who promised [is] faithful.

Therefore, dear friends, [because you] know [this] beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position [because you] have been led away by the error of lawless persons.

But you, dear friends, [by] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, [by] praying in the Holy Spirit,

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.