New English Translation
Philippians 4:14
14Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.
Philippians 4:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress.
Context of Philippians 4:14
12I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing. 13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me. Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble. 15And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone. 16For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.
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πλὴν καλῶς ἐποιήσατε συγκοινωνήσαντές μου τῇ θλίψει.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Philippians 4:14
- 1 Kings 8:18The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
- Matthew 25:21His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
- 3 John 1:5Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).
- Philippians 4:18For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
- Philippians 1:7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
- Romans 15:27For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.
- Galatians 6:6Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.
- 1 Timothy 6:18Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.
- Hebrews 10:34For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.
- Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
Commentaries on Philippians 4:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Ye have well done - Though I have learned all these important lessons, and am never miserable in want, yet ye have done well in sending me relief in the time of affliction.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Notwithstanding, ye have well done - Though he had learned the grace of contentment, and though he knew that Christ could enable him to do all things, it was well for them to show sympathy for his sufferings; for it evinced a proper regard for a benefactor and an apostle. Ye did communicate - You took part with my affliction. That is, you sympathized with me, and assisted me in bearing it. The relief which they had sent, not only supplied his wants, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 It is a good work to succour and help a good minister in trouble. The nature of true Christian sympathy, is not only to feel concern for our friends in their troubles, but to do what we can to help them. The apostle was often in bonds, imprisonments, and necessities; but in all, he learned to be content, to bring his mind to his condition, and make the best of it. Pride, unbelief, vain hankering after something we have not got, and fickle…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The Philippians showed kindness and generosity, which was especially meaningful because Paul was suffering in prison.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. He here guards against their thinking from what he has just said, that he makes light of their bounty. ye did communicate with my affliction--that is, ye made yourselves sharers with me in my present affliction, namely, by sympathy; of which sympathy your contribution is the proof.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Philippians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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