Philippians 4:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηδὲν μεριμνᾶτε· ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ δεήσει μετὰ εὐχαριστίας τὰ αἰτήματα ὑμῶν γνωριζέσθω πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.

Transliteration

Mēden merimnate; but in everything the proseuchē and the deēsei with eucharistias the aitēmata of you gnōrizesthō pros the Theon.

Grammar Details

• *Mēden*: adverb - nothing/not at all
• *merimnate*: present imperative, 2nd person plural - be anxious/worry
• *proseuchē*: dative, feminine, singular - prayer
• *deēsei*: dative, feminine, singular - petition/supplication
• *eucharistias*: genitive, feminine, singular - thanksgiving
• *aitēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - requests/petitions
• *gnōrizesthō*: present imperative passive, 3rd person singular - let be made known
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *Mēden*: nothing/not at all/in nothing
• *merimnate*: be anxious/worry/be concerned
• *proseuchē*: prayer/praying
• *deēsei*: petition/supplication/entreaty
• *eucharistias*: thanksgiving/gratitude
• *aitēmata*: requests/petitions/supplications
• *gnōrizesthō*: let be made known/presented/communicated
• *pros*: to/toward/before
• *Theon*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:25-33 : 25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they? 27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? 28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, 29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith? 31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
• Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
• 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
• Ps 34:5-7 : 5 They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. 6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of Yahweh encamps round about those who fear him, And delivers them.
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
• Matt 6:8 : 8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
• Eph 6:18 : 18 with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
• Col 3:17 : 17 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
• 1 Thess 5:17-18 : 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
• Ps 55:17 : 17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
• 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
• Ps 51:15 : 15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
• Prov 16:3 : 3 Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.
• Col 3:15 : 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
• Col 4:2 : 2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
• Luke 18:7 : 7 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
• Luke 10:41 : 41 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
• Luke 12:22 : 22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
• Luke 12:29 : 29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 He prayed to him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh he was God.
• 1 Sam 1:15 : 15 Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
• Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
• Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
• Matt 10:19 : 19 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
• 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
• Matt 13:22 : 22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
• Gen 32:7-9 : 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies; 8 and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape." 9 Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.' 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children. 12 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
• 1 Cor 7:21 : 21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
• 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has Yahweh helped us.
• 2 Chr 32:20 : 20 Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
• Dan 3:16 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
• Song 2:14 : 14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.