Philippians 4:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for even in Thessalonica ye sent once {G530} and again unto my need.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: {G1063} working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1 Thess 2:18 : 18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
Acts 17:1 : 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

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15And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
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17Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
18But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
19And my God shall supply every {G5216} need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:10
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10But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein {G1909} ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.
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15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;
16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.
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8I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them] that I might minister unto you;
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4lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this {G5287} confidence.
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2how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and {G2596} their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
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3And when I arrive, whomsoever {G1437} ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:
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