Philippians 4:4–5

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Philippians 4:4–5 is a New Testament passage in which the Apostle Paul exhorts believers to rejoice in the Lord always and to let their gentleness be evident to all because the Lord is near.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible verse passage
New Testament passage
addressedTo Christians in Philippi NERFINISHED
addressesAudienceAs believers in the Lord
associatedWithLocationOfWriting Roman imprisonment of Paul GENERATED
audienceScope all believers
author Paul the Apostle NERFINISHED
book Philippians NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus canonical Scripture
chapter 4
citationFormat Phil 4:4–5
commonlyQuotedFor Christian ethics
Christian joy
containsExhortation Let your gentleness be evident to all
Rejoice in the Lord always
crossReferenceBook 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Galatians 5:22
crossReferenceTheme joy in suffering
emphasizes continuous rejoicing
public witness of gentleness
ethicalFocus gentleness toward all people
genre epistle
languageOriginal Koine Greek NERFINISHED
literaryForm paranesis
locatedIn Christian Bible NERFINISHED
New Testament NERFINISHED
partOf Epistle to the Philippians NERFINISHED
Philippians chapter 4 NERFINISHED
reasonGiven the Lord is near
religiousTradition Christianity
testament New Testament NERFINISHED
theme gentleness
joy in the Lord
rejoicing
the nearness of the Lord
theologicalFocus imminence of the Lord
traditionallyDated 1st century AD
traditionViews Pauline authorship as authentic
usedIn Christian devotional practice
Christian liturgy NERFINISHED
Christian preaching
verse4TextSummary Command to rejoice in the Lord always
verse5TextSummary Command to let gentleness be evident because the Lord is near
verseEnd Philippians 4:5 NERFINISHED
verses 4–5
verseStart Philippians 4:4

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