Philippians 4:6 Parallel Translations

Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

ASV:

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

BBE:

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

DBY:

Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

ERV:

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

WEY:

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.

WBS:

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

WEB:

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

YLT:

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Philippians 4:6 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 6:25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men,

1 Timothy 5:5 Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:6 {6} Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with {f} thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
(6) The third is, that we are not too anxious for anything, but with sure confidence give God thanks, and desire from him whatever we have need of, that with a quiet conscience we may wholly and with all our hearts submit ourselves to him.
(f) So David began very often with tears, but ended with thanksgiving.

PNT:

4:6 Be careful for nothing. In nothing be anxious (Revised Version). The meaning is Have no distressing anxiety about anything. Care-ful used to mean full of care. Compare Mt 6:25.
But in every thing. Instead of anxiety, just lay the case before God, and trust him to do all things well.
Let your requests be made known unto God. Three elements enter into the appeal to God:
Prayer, the outpouring of the soul;
supplication, stating our wants;
thanksgiving; we must always come to God, not in a complaining spirit, but with thankfulness for present mercies.

WES:

4:6 Be anxiously careful for nothing - If men are not gentle towards you, yet neither on this, nor any other account, be careful, but pray. Carefulness and prayer cannot stand together. In every thing - Great and small. Let your requests be made known - They who by a preposterous shame or distrustful modesty, cover, stifle, or keep in their desires, as if they were either too small or too great, must be racked with care; from which they are entirely delivered, who pour them out with a free and filial confidence. To God - It is not always proper to disclose them to men. By supplication - Which is the enlarging upon and pressing our petition. With thanksgiving - The surest mark of a soul free from care, and of prayer joined with true resignation. This is always followed by peace. Peace and thanksgiving are both coupled together, Col 3:15.

MHC:

4:2-9 Let believers be of one mind, and ready to help each other. As the apostle had found the benefit of their assistance, he knew how comfortable it would be to his fellow-labourers to have the help of others. Let us seek to give assurance that our names are written in the book of life. Joy in God is of great consequence in the Christian life; and Christians need to be again and again called to it. It more than outweighs all causes for sorrow. Let their enemies perceive how moderate they were as to outward things, and how composedly they suffered loss and hardships. The day of judgment will soon arrive, with full redemption to believers, and destruction to ungodly men. There is a care of diligence which is our duty, and agrees with a wise forecast and due concern; but there is a care of fear and distrust, which is sin and folly, and only perplexes and distracts the mind. As a remedy against perplexing care, constant prayer is recommended. Not only stated times for prayer, but in every thing by prayer. We must join thanksgivings with prayers and supplications; not only seek supplies of good, but own the mercies we have received. God needs not to be told our wants or desires; he knows them better than we do; but he will have us show that we value the mercy, and feel our dependence on him. The peace of God, the comfortable sense of being reconciled to God, and having a part in his favour, and the hope of the heavenly blessedness, are a greater good than can be fully expressed. This peace will keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus; it will keep us from sinning under troubles, and from sinking under them; keep us calm and with inward satisfaction. Believers are to get and to keep a good name; a name for good things with God and good men. We should walk in all the ways of virtue, and abide therein; then, whether our praise is of men or not, it will be of God. The apostle is for an example. His doctrine and life agreed together. The way to have the God of peace with us, is to keep close to our duty. All our privileges and salvation arise in the free mercy of God; yet the enjoyment of them depends on our sincere and holy conduct. These are works of God, pertaining to God, and to him only are they to be ascribed, and to no other, neither men, words, nor deeds.

CONC:

Anxiety Anxious Anything Careful Cares Earnest Nothing Over-anxious Petition Pleading Praise Prayer Presence Present Request Requests Supplication Thanksgiving Unreservedly

Anxiety Anxious Careful Cares Earnest Over-Anxious Petition Pleading Praise Prayer Presence Present Request Requests Supplication Thanksgiving Together

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