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alwaysπάντοτεinἐνeveryπάσῃprayerδεήσειof mineμουforὑπὲρallπάντωνof youὑμῶνmakingποιούμενοςmy prayerτὴν δέησινwithμετὰjoy,χαρᾶς
Philippians 1:4
Study it in the app“always in every prayer of mine for all of you making my prayer with joy,”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:4, word by word
- alwaysπάντοτεpantote
always
Always.
Where else “pantote” appears- prayerδεήσειdeēsei
prayer, petition
Prayer, petition: a prayer that asks for something.
Where else “deēsei” appears- makingποιούμενοςpoioumenos
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poioumenos” appears- joyχαρᾶςcharas
joy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charas” appears
The context
3I thank my God for every remembrance of you,
4 · This verse (above)
5because of your fellowship in the good news from the first day until now,
To study Philippians 1 in a group
1. What it says
What happened to Paul in prison, and what effect does he say it had on the spread of the good news (v. 12-14)?
2. What it means
Paul writes, "to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain" (v. 21). What do you think he means?
3. How I live it
Paul rejoices even in hardship (v. 18). What difficult situation today could you look at from another angle?