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Philippians 4:7 KJV
Philippians · chapter 4 · verse 7
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:7 · King James Version
What Philippians 4:7 means
Keep is a guard word; the picture is a soldier posted at a gate. This peace is not described as calm you can explain. It passeth all understanding, which means it turns up when the situation does not warrant it, and it follows the verse where the worry got prayed about instead of carried.
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Philippians 4:7 in context
5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 14:27
- Isaiah 26:3
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
- Colossians 3:15
- Psalms 29:11
- Romans 15:13
- John 16:33
- Galatians 5:22
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingnousthe mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of…G3563 →
- passethhyperechōto have or hold over one, to stand out, rise above, overtop, to be above, be superior in…G5242 →
- throughenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- heartskardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- peaceeirēnēa state of national tranquillity, exemption from the rage and havoc of war, peace between…G1515 →
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The apostle begins the chapter with exhortations to divers Christian duties. I. To stedfastness in our Christian profession, Phi 4:1. It is inferred from the close of the foregoing chapter: Therefore stand fast, etc.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9