Philippians 4:16
For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.
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- 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
- 1 Thess 2:18 : 18 For we wanted to come to you(I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.
- Acts 17:1 : 1 Paul and Silas at Thessalonica After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
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14 Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.
15 And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.
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17 I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.
18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent– a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
19 And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
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10 Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)
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15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,
16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.
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8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!
9 When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
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4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.
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2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.
3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,
4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.
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11 as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.
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3 Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
4 And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.
5 Paul’s Plans to Visit But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia– for I will be going through Macedonia–
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3 Prayer for the Church I thank my God every time I remember you.
4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you
5 because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
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34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
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10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
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25 But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.
26 Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.
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26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
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26 so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.
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13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.
14 At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,
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7 As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8 For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.
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1 A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:
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1 Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,
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10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.
11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
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13 Personal Appeal of Paul But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,
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7 For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
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6 But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!
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17 I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.
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4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
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19 I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
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4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!
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14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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4 Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.
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4 Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
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13 Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.
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18 And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.
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12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.
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2 so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.