Philippians 4:5
Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
In Context
4Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
6Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
Cross References
Matthew 6:25So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.
1 Corinthians 6:7More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?
1 Corinthians 8:13For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 4:2-10
Various Exhortations. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known… Read the whole commentary →