Philippians 4:16

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

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And 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;

17Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

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Cross References

Acts 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

1 Thessalonians 2:18because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.

Matthew Henry on Philippians 4:11-20

Kindness Acknowledged; Christian Contentment. ( a. d. 62.) 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all… Read the whole commentary →

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