Philippians 4:16

For even while I was still in Thessalonica, you sent once and again for my needs.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And you very well know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I had left Macedonia, no church but yourselves had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

17It is not your gifts I am eager for, but I am eager for the abundant profit that accrues to your divine account.

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Cross References

Acts 17:1Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,

1 Thessalonians 2:18For that reason I would fain have visited you - I, Paul, again and again - but Satan hindered me.

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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