Filipanom 4
1 A preto, bratia moji milovaní a vytúžení, moja radosť a moja koruna, takto pevne stojte v Pánovi, milovaní!2 Evodiu prosím, aj Syntychu prosím, aby rovnako zmýšľali v Pánovi.3 Aj teba, verný spolupracovník, prosím, pomáhaj im, veď ony sa so mnou borili za evanjelium spolu s Klementom a s ostatnými mojimi spolupracovníkmi, ktorých mená sú v knihe života.4 Ustavične sa radujte v Pánovi! Opakujem: Radujte sa!5 Vaša miernosť nech je známa všetkým ľuďom. Pán je blízko.6 O nič nebuďte ustarostení. Ale vo všetkom modlitbou, prosbou a so vzdávaním vďaky prednášajte svoje žiadosti Bohu.7 A Boží pokoj, ktorý prevyšuje každú chápavosť, uchráni vaše srdcia a vaše mysle v Kristovi Ježišovi.8 Napokon, bratia, myslite na všetko, čo je pravdivé, čo je cudné, čo je spravodlivé, čo je mravne čisté, čo je milé a čo má dobrú povesť, čo je čnostné a chválitebné!9 Robte to, čo ste sa naučili, prijali, počuli a videli na mne! A Boh pokoja bude s vami.10 Veľmi som sa zaradoval v Pánovi, že už raz predsa len rozkvitla vaša náklonnosť voči mne; pravda, aj predtým ste na mňa mysleli, ale nemali ste príležitosť.11 Nehovorím to preto, že by som mal nedostatok. Naučil som sa vystačiť s tým, čo mám.12 Viem žiť skromne a viem aj oplývať. Všade a všetko som sa už naučil: byť sýty aj hladovať, mať hojnosť i núdzu trieť.13 Všetko môžem v tom, ktorý ma posilňuje.14 A predsa ste dobre urobili, že ste mi prejavili účasť v mojom súžení.15 Veď aj vy, Filipania, viete, že keď som začal hlásať evanjelium po svojom odchode z Macedónska, ani jedna cirkev nemala účasť na mojich výdavkoch a príjmoch, iba vy sami.16 Veď aj do Solúna ste mi raz aj druhý raz poslali, čo som potreboval.17 Nie že by som túžil po daroch, ale túžim po ovocí, ktoré sa rozmnoží vo váš prospech.18 Dostal som všetko a mám hojnosť. Som zahrnutý darmi, čo ste poslali po Epafroditovi; sú ľúbeznou vôňou, príjemnou obetou, milou Bohu.19 Môj Boh splní každú vašu túžbu podľa svojho bohatstva v sláve v Kristovi Ježišovi.20 A Bohu a nášmu Otcovi sláva na veky vekov. Amen.21 Pozdravte každého svätého v Kristovi Ježišovi. Pozdravujú vás bratia, čo sú so mnou.22 Pozdravujú vás všetci svätí, najmä tí, čo sú z cisárovho domu.23 Milosť Pána Ježiša Krista nech je s vaším duchom. Amen.
PHILIPPIANS 4
1 Dear friends, I love you and long to see you. Please keep on being faithful to the Lord. You are my pride and joy.Paul Encourages //the Lord's Followers
2 Euodia and Syntyche, you belong to the Lord, so I beg you to stop arguing with each other.
3 And, my true partner, t I ask you to help them. These women have worked together with me and with Clement and with the others in spreading the good news. Their names are now written in the book of life.t
4 Always be glad because of the Lord! I will say it again: Be glad. 5 Always be gentle with others. The Lord will soon be here. 6 Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.
7 Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.
8 Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.
9 You know the teachings I gave you, and you know what you heard me say and saw me do. So follow my example. And God, who gives peace, will be with you.Paul Gives Thanks //for the Gifts //He Was Given
10 The Lord has made me very grateful that at last you have thought about me once again. Actually, you were thinking about me all along, but you didn't have any chance to show it. 11 I am not complaining about having too little. I have learned to be satisfied witht whatever I have. 12 I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little.
13 Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
14 It was good of you to help me when I was having such a hard time. 15 t My friends at Philippi, you remember what it was like when I started preaching the good news in Macedonia.t After I left there, you were the only church that became my partner by giving blessings and by receiving them in return. 16 t Even when I was in Thessalonica, you helped me more than once.
17 I am not trying to get something from you, but I want you to receive the blessings that come from giving.
18 t I have been paid back everything, and with interest. I am completely satisfied with the gifts you sent with Epaphroditus. They are like a sweet-smelling offering or like the right kind of sacrifice that pleases God. 19 I pray that God will take care of all your needs with the wonderful blessings that come from Christ Jesus!
20 May God our Father be praised forever and ever. Amen.Final Greetings
21 Give my greetings to all who are God's people because of Christ Jesus.
The Lord's followers here with me send you their greetings.
22 All of God's people send their greetings, especially those in the service of the Emperor.
23 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless your life!