Philippians 4:16 BSB

Philippians 4:16

For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my need.

KJV

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For even in Thessalonica - While labouring to plant the Church there, he was supported partly by working with his hands, 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:7-9; and partly by the contributions sent him from Philippi. Even the Thessalonians had contributed little to his maintenance: this is not spoken to their credit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is an excellent thing to see those to whom God has abounded in the gifts of his grace abounding in grateful returns to his people and ministers, according to their own ability and their necessity: You sent once and again.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Θεσσαλονίκῃ	Thessalonikē	Thessalonica	G2332 →
καὶ	kai	both	G2532 →
ἅπαξ	hapax	once	G530 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δὶς	dis	twice	G1364 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
χρείαν	chreian	needs	G5532 →
μοι	moi	of mine	G3165 →
ἐπέμψατε.	epempsate	you sent.	G3992 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 2:18
For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
leads to
- Romans 15:22
  That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
- Romans 1:13
  I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among…
- Revelation 2:10
  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
Through
1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- 2 Corinthians 11:9
  And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to…
- Acts 18:3
  and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
Through
Acts 17:1
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1
  Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1
  Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

About Philippians

The Arrival at Calvary — obedient unto death — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Philippians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Philippians