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The thingsἃyou alsoκαὶlearnedἐμάθετεandκαὶreceivedπαρελάβετεandκαὶheardἠκούσατεandκαὶsawεἴδετεinἐνme,ἐμοίpracticeπράσσετεthese things,ταῦταandκαὶthe Godὁ θεὸςof peaceτῆς εἰρήνηςwill beἔσταιwithμεθ’you.ὑμῶν
Philippians 4:9
Study it in the app“The things you also learned and received and heard and saw in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 4:9, word by word
- learnedἐμάθετεemathete
learn
To come to know or understand something by teaching or by experience.
Where else “emathete” appears- receivedπαρελάβετεparelabete
receive
To accept what another hands over: a teaching, a person.
Where else “parelabete” appears- heardἠκούσατεēkousate
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousate” appears- sawεἴδετεeidete
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eidete” appears- practiceπράσσετεprassete
do
To carry out something, often evil.
Where else “prassete” appears- the Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- of peaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēs
peace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnēs” appears- will beἔσταιestai
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estai” appears
The context
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is righteous, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if any praise, think about these things.
9 · This verse (above)
10I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that now at last you have revived your thinking about me, about which you were also thinking, but you lacked opportunity.
To study Philippians 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about anxiety, prayer, and the peace of God (v. 6-7)?
2. What it means
Paul says he has learned to be content in any situation (v. 11-13). How does he explain how he did it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to think about what is true, honorable, and praiseworthy (v. 8). What good thing could you think about today?