Philippians 4:15
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.
- ASV
- And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
- DARBY
- And know also *ye*, O Philippians, that in [the] beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated [anything] to me in [the] way of giving and receiving save *ye* alone;
- BLB
- And you⁺ also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me as to the matter of giving and receiving, except you⁺ only.
- ÅB
- Men dere vet og, dere filippensere, at i evangeliets første tid, da jeg dro ut fra Makedonia, hadde ingen menighet regning med meg over gitt og mottatt uten dere alene;
- OTB
- Dessuten, som dere filipperne vet, i de første dagene av deres bekjentskap med evangeliet, da jeg dro fra Makedonia, var det ingen menighet som delte med meg i spørsmålet om å gi og motta, unntatt dere alene.
- B1930
- Men I vet og, I filippensere, at i evangeliets første tid, da jeg drog ut fra Makedonia, hadde ingen menighet regning med mig over gitt og mottatt uten I alene;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 1:5
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:8–12
I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11–15
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Read in contextActs 16:40–17:5
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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