Philippians 4:19 Study Bible: My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

And my God
The phrase "And my God" reflects a personal relationship between the Apostle Paul and God. The Greek word for God here is "Theos," which signifies the supreme deity. Paul’s use of "my" indicates a deep, personal connection and trust in God, emphasizing that the God he serves is faithful and capable. Historically, this reflects the intimate relationship believers are encouraged to have with God, recognizing Him as a personal provider and sustainer.

will supply
The Greek word for "supply" is "plēroō," which means to fill to the full, to complete, or to make abundant. This suggests not just a minimal provision but an overflowing abundance. In the context of the early church, this assurance would have been particularly comforting, as many believers faced persecution and scarcity. The promise is that God’s provision is not limited by earthly circumstances.

all your needs
"All your needs" encompasses every necessity of life, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual. The Greek word "chreia" refers to what is necessary or required. This promise assures believers that God is aware of every aspect of their lives and is committed to providing for them. Historically, this would have been a radical assurance in a world where survival often depended on one’s own efforts or the benevolence of others.

according to His glorious riches
The phrase "according to His glorious riches" highlights the measure of God’s provision. The Greek word "ploutos" for riches implies wealth and abundance, while "doxa" for glory suggests a divine, majestic quality. This indicates that God’s provision is not just sufficient but is drawn from His infinite and glorious resources. In a historical context, this would contrast with the limited and often unreliable resources of earthly patrons or rulers.

in Christ Jesus
The phrase "in Christ Jesus" is central to understanding the source and means of God’s provision. The Greek preposition "en" denotes a fixed position in place, time, or state, indicating that these riches are accessible through a relationship with Christ. This reflects the theological truth that all blessings and provisions from God are mediated through Jesus Christ. Historically, this would affirm to the Philippian church that their new identity in Christ is the basis for their confidence in God’s provision.

Persons / Places / Events

1. Paul
The apostle who wrote the letter to the Philippians. He was in prison at the time of writing and was expressing gratitude for the Philippians' support.

2. Philippians
The recipients of the letter, a Christian community in Philippi, a city in Macedonia. They were known for their generosity and support of Paul's ministry.

3. God
The provider of all needs, as emphasized in this verse. Paul assures the Philippians of God's provision.

4. Christ Jesus
The source of the "glorious riches" through whom God supplies the needs of believers.

5. Philippi
A Roman colony and the location of the church to whom Paul is writing. It was a significant city in the spread of the Gospel in Europe.

Teaching Points

God's Provision is Comprehensive
God promises to supply "all your needs," not just some. This encompasses physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Source of Provision
The provision comes "according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus," indicating that it is abundant and rooted in the relationship with Christ.

Trust in God's Timing
While God promises to meet our needs, His timing may differ from our expectations. Trusting in His perfect timing is crucial.

Generosity and Reciprocity
The Philippians' generosity towards Paul is met with the promise of God's provision, highlighting the principle of sowing and reaping.

Contentment in Christ
Understanding that true contentment and provision come from Christ can help believers focus on eternal rather than temporal needs.

Bible Study Questions

1. How does understanding God's promise to supply all our needs influence your daily trust in Him?

2. In what ways can you identify God's provision in your life, and how does this assurance affect your contentment?

3. How can the example of the Philippians' generosity inspire you to support others in your community?

4. What are some practical steps you can take to seek God's kingdom first, as encouraged in Matthew 6:33, and how does this relate to Philippians 4:19?

5. How can you apply the principle of God's provision to a current challenge or need you are facing, and what scriptures can you meditate on to reinforce this truth?

Connections to Other Scriptures

Matthew 6:33
This verse emphasizes seeking God's kingdom first, with the promise that all necessary things will be provided, aligning with the assurance of God's provision in Philippians 4:19.

2 Corinthians 9:8
Paul speaks about God's ability to bless abundantly, so that in all things and at all times, believers have all they need, reinforcing the message of divine provision.

Ephesians 3:16
Paul prays for believers to be strengthened with power through God's Spirit, according to His glorious riches, which parallels the source of provision mentioned in Philippians 4:19.

Sermons

A Full Supply	W.F. Adeney	Philippians 4:19
Christ Adapted to Human Need	T. Guthrie, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Comfort for the Needy	J. Lyth, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Filling the Empty Vessels	C. H. Spurgeon.	Philippians 4:19
God Will Supply Our Need		Philippians 4:19
Man's Need Supplied from God's Riches	C. Bradley, M. A.	Philippians 4:19
Man's Needs and God's Wealth	H. J. Bevis.	Philippians 4:19
Mercies Stilt Left	T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Neglect of the Promise	R. Newton, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Our Need and Supply	M. Staple, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Provision for the Way	R. Newton, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Sufficiency of the Divine Resources	T. Manton, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
Sure Supplies	S. Martin.	Philippians 4:19
The Christian's Want and Supply Book	C. H. Spurgeon.	Philippians 4:19
The Exactness of the Divine Supply		Philippians 4:19
The Faithfulness of God	Thomas Cooper.	Philippians 4:19
The Nearness of the Provision	R. Newton, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
The Need and the Supply	J. Stacey, D. D.	Philippians 4:19
The Promise Should Inspire Fearlessness in Divine Service	C. H. Spurgeon.	Philippians 4:19
The True Source of Supply in Spiritual Need	T. Croskery	Philippians 4:19
A Grateful Heart	J. Lyth, D. D.	Philippians 4:10-20
Hearing and Doing	Biblical Treasury	Philippians 4:10-20
Hesitation Destructive	J. Denton.	Philippians 4:10-20
Importance of Opportunity		Philippians 4:10-20
Paul Thanks the Philippians for Their Contribution	R. Finlayson	Philippians 4:10-20
Paul's Gratitude	J. Lyth, D. D.	Philippians 4:10-20
Philippian Charity and Pauline Delicacy	Dean Vaughan.	Philippians 4:10-20
The Art of Divine Contentment	R.M. Edgar	Philippians 4:10-23
Almsgiving a Part of Christian Life and Worship	V. Hutton	Philippians 4:14-19
Liberality to the Minister	J. Lyth, D. D.	Philippians 4:15-19

People

Clement, Epaphroditus, Euodias, Paul, Philippians, Syntyche

Places

Macedonia, Philippi, Thessalonica

Topics

Abundantly, Christ, Fully, Glorious, Glory, Needs, Riches, Supply, Wealth, Yours

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Philippians 4:19

     1330   God, the provider
     5569   suffering, hardship
     5942   security
     8261   generosity, God's
     8422   equipping, spiritual
     8813   riches, spiritual

Philippians 4:14-19

5414 money, stewardship

Philippians 4:15-19

7026 church, leadership
8436 giving, of possessions

Philippians 4:18-19

1330 God, the provider
8701 affluence

Library

November 24. "I Can do all Things through Christ" (Phil. Iv. 13).
"I can do all things through Christ" (Phil. iv. 13). A dear sister said one day: "I have so much work to do that I have not time to get strength to do it by waiting on the Lord." Surely that was making bricks without straw, and even if it was the name of the Lord and the church, it was the devil's bondage. God sends not His servants on their own charges; but "He is able to make all grace abound towards us, that we, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound unto every good work." The …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

March 24. "And Again I Say, Rejoice" (Phil. Iv. 4).
"And again I say, rejoice" (Phil. iv. 4). It is a good thing to rejoice in the Lord. Perhaps you found the first dose ineffectual. Keep on with your medicine, and when you cannot feel any joy, when there is no spring, and no seeming comfort and encouragement, still rejoice, and count it all joy. Even when you fall into divers temptations, reckon it joy, and delight, and God will make your reckoning good. Do you suppose your Father will let you carry the banner of His victory and His gladness on to …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

August 24. "Let Your Moderation be Known unto all Men" (Phil. Iv. 5).
"Let your moderation be known unto all men" (Phil. iv. 5). The very test of consecration is our willingness not only to surrender the things that are wrong, but to surrender our rights, to be willing to be subject. When God begins to subdue a soul, He often requires us to yield the things that are of little importance in themselves, and thus break our neck and subdue our spirit. No Christian worker can ever be used of God until the proud self-will is broken, and the heart is ready to yield to God's …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

May 26. "Be Careful for Nothing; but in Everything by Prayer and Supplication with Thanksgiving Let Your Requests be Made Known unto God" (Phil. Iv. 6).
"Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. iv. 6). Commit means to hand over, to trust wholly to another. So, if we give our trials to Him, He will carry them. If we walk in righteousness He will carry us through. "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time." There are two hands there--God's hand pressing us down, humbling us, and then God's hand lifting …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

December 17. "Be Careful for Nothing" (Phil. Iv. 6).
"Be careful for nothing" (Phil. iv. 6). What is the way to lay your burden down? "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls." "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." That is the way to take His burden up. You will find that His burden is always light. Yours is a very heavy one. Happy day if you have exchanged burdens and laid down your loads at His blessed feet to take up His own instead. God wants to rest His workers, …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

March 10. "The Peace of God which Passeth all Understanding Shall Keep Your Hearts and Minds" (Phil. Iv. 7).
"The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds" (Phil. iv. 7). It is not peace with God, but the peace of God. "The peace that passes all understanding" is the very breath of God in the soul. He alone is able to keep it, and He can so keep it that "nothing shall offend us." Beloved, are you there? God's rest did not come till after His work was over, and ours will not. We begin our Christian life by working, trying and struggling in the energy of the flesh to save …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

A Tender Exhortation
'Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.'--PHIL. iv. 1. The words I have chosen set forth very simply and beautifully the bond which knit Paul and these Philippian Christians together, and the chief desire which his Apostolic love had for them. I venture to apply them to ourselves, and I speak now especially to the members of my own church and congregation. I. Let us note, then, first, the personal bond which gives force …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Names in the Book of Life
'Other my fellow-labourers whose names are in the book of life.'--PHIL. iv. 3. Paul was as gentle as he was strong. Winsome courtesy and delicate considerateness lay in his character, in beautiful union with fiery impetuosity and undaunted tenacity of conviction. We have here a remarkable instance of his quick apprehension of the possible effects of his words, and of his nervous anxiety not to wound even unreasonable susceptibilities. He had had occasion to mention three of his fellow-workers, and …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Rejoice Evermore
'Rejoice in the Lord alway; and again I say, rejoice!'--PHIL. iv. 4. It has been well said that this whole epistle may be summed up in two short sentences: 'I rejoice'; 'Rejoice ye!' The word and the thing crop up in every chapter, like some hidden brook, ever and anon sparkling out into the sunshine from beneath the shadows. This continual refrain of gladness is all the more remarkable if we remember the Apostle's circumstances. The letter shows him to us as a prisoner, dependent on Christian charity …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Warrior Peace
'The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.'--PHIL. iv. 7. The great Mosque of Constantinople was once a Christian church, dedicated to the Holy Wisdom. Over its western portal may still be read, graven on a brazen plate, the words, 'Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' For four hundred years noisy crowds have fought, and sorrowed, and fretted, beneath the dim inscription in an unknown tongue; …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Think on These Things
' . . . 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.'--PHIL. iv. 8. I am half afraid that some of you may think, as I have at times thought, that I am too old to preach to the young. You would probably listen with more attention to one less remote from you in years, and may be disposed to …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

How to Obey an Impossible Injunction
'Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.'--PHIL. iv. 6. It is easy for prosperous people, who have nothing to trouble them, to give good advices to suffering hearts; and these are generally as futile as they are easy. But who was he who here said to the Church at Philippi, 'Be careful for nothing?' A prisoner in a Roman prison; and when Rome fixed its claws it did not usually let go without drawing blood. …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Farewell Words
'Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever, Amen. Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me salute you. All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.'--PHIL. iv. 20-23 (R.V.). These closing words fall into three unconnected parts, a doxology, greetings, and a benediction. As in all his letters, the Apostle follows the natural instinct of making his last words loving words. …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

How to Say 'thank You'
'But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. I can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me. Howbeit …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Gifts Given, Seed Sown
'And 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; for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my need. Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account. But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Prayer Perfumed with Praise
The point to which I would draw your attention is this: that whether it be the general prayer or the specific supplication we are to offer either or both "with thanksgiving." We are to pray about everything, and with every prayer we must blend our thanksgivings. Hence it follows that we ought always to be in a thankful condition of heart: since we are to pray without ceasing, and are not to pray without thanksgiving, it is clear that we ought to be always ready to give thanks unto the Lord. We must …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 25: 1879

How to Keep the Heart
This evening we shall use another figure, distinct from the one used in the morning, of the reservoir. We shall use the figure of a fortress, which is to be kept. And the promise saith that it shall be kept--kept by "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, through Christ Jesus." Inasmuch as the heart is the most important part of man--for out of it are the issues of life--it would be natural to expect that Satan, when he intended to do mischief to manhood, would be sure to make his strongest …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858

Contentment
We, my brethren, might well be willing to endure Paul's infirmities, and share the cold dungeon with him, if we too might by any means attain unto such a degree of contentment. Do not indulge, any of you, the silly notion that you can be contented without learning, or learn without discipline. It is not a power that may be exercised naturally, but a science to be acquired gradually. The very words of the next text might suggest this, even if we did not know it from experience. We need not be taught …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 6: 1860

The Bible the Great Civilizer
(Fourth Sunday in Lent.) PHILIPPIANS iv. 8. Finally, 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. It may not be easy to see what this text has to do with the story of Joseph, which we have just been reading, or with the meaning of the Bible of which I have been speaking to you …
Charles Kingsley—The Gospel of the Pentateuch

Preface. And as to Christ Thy Lord
Preface. and as to Christ thy Lord, most comely "as the lily among thorns," being his "love among the daughters," Cant. ii. 2. so also, thou, in a special way, art the dearly beloved and longed for, the joy and crown, of every sincere servant of Christ in the gospel, Phil. iv. 1. Thou art, if not the only, yet the chief object of their labours, their work being either to confirm and strengthen thee in thy way, that thou mayest so stand fast in the Lord, or remove impediments, make crooked things …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

Christmas Peace
(Sunday before Christmas.) Phil. iv. 4. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. This is a glorious text, and one fit to be the key-note of Christmas-day. If we will take it to heart, it will tell us how to keep Christmas-day. St. Paul has been speaking of two good women, who seem to have had some difference; and he beseeches them to make up their difference, and be of the same mind in the Lord. And then he goes on to tell them, and all Christian people, why they should make up their …
Charles Kingsley—Town and Country Sermons

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Fellowship of Prayer (Philippians 4:6.) Chapter 2 Our Requests Made Known unto God (Philippians 4:6.) Chapter 3 God's Peace Obtained in Answer to Prayer (Philippians 4:6, 7.) Chapter 4 The Praying that Glorifies God (John 14:13.) Chapter 5 Praying without Doubting (Mark 11:23.) Chapter 6 Praying with Desire (Mark 11:24.) Chapter 7 A Manifestation of God in Answer to Prayer (Acts 4:31.) Chapter 8 The Intercessory Prayers of Christians (Luke 11:5, 6.) Chapter 9 The Three Essentials of …
T. M. Anderson—Prayer Availeth Much

Worry Versus Peace
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.' (Philippians iv. 6, 7.) Before the full bearing and value of these verses can be realized, I think they require to be read several times over. Even if the sentences are read through slowly, just as they stand, a deep sense of blessing and rest steals into …
T. H. Howard—Standards of Life and Service

Jehovah
"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most High over all the earth." Among all the names of God perhaps the most comprehensive is the name Jehovah. Cruden describes this name as the incommunicable name of God. The word Jehovah means the self-existing One, the "I am"; and it is generally used as a direct revelation of what God is. In several places an explanatory word is added, revealing some one of His special characteristics; and it is to these that I want particularly …
Hannah Whitall Smith—The God of All Comfort

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