Philippians 4:14

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Still, you did well by partnering with me in my hardship.

King James Version (1611)
Notwithstanding, yee haue well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

King James Version
Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

English Standard Version
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.

New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my difficulty.

New Century Version
But it was good that you helped me when I needed it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my affliction.

Legacy Standard Bible
Nevertheless, you have done well to fellowship with me in my affliction.

Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

Contemporary English Version
It was good of you to help me when I was having such a hard time.

Complete Jewish Bible
Nevertheless, it was good of you to share in my trouble.

Darby Translation
But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.

Easy-to-Read Version
But it was good that you helped me when I needed help.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Notwithstanding yee haue well done, that yee did communicate to mine affliction.

George Lamsa Translation
But you have done well to share my difficulties.

Good News Translation
But it was very good of you to help me in my troubles.

Lexham English Bible
Nevertheless you have done well by sharing with me in my affliction.

Literal Translation
Yet you did well in sharing my troubles.

Amplified Bible
Nevertheless, it was right of you to share [with me] in my difficulties.

American Standard Version
Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.

Bible in Basic English
But you did well to have care for me in my need.

Hebrew Names Version
However you did well that you had fellowship with my affliction.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
Nevertheless, you have done well to communicate unto my afflictions.

Murdock Translation
Yet ye have done well, in that ye communicated to my necessities.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Notwithstandyng, ye haue well done yt ye dyd communicate to my afflictions.

English Revised Version
Howbeit ye did well, that ye had fellowship with my affliction.

World English Bible
However you did well that you had fellowship with my affliction.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Nevertheless ye have done well, that ye did communicate to me in my affliction.

Weymouth's New Testament
Yet I thank you for taking your share in my troubles.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Netheles ye han doon wel, comynynge to my tribulacioun.

Update Bible Version
Nevertheless you did well that you had fellowship with my affliction.

Webster's Bible Translation
Notwithstanding ye have done well, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

New English Translation
Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.

New King James Version
Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress.

New Living Translation
Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.

New Life Bible
It was kind of you to help me when I was in trouble.

New Revised Standard
In any case, it was kind of you to share my distress.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nevertheless, nobly, have ye done, in taking fellowship with me in my tribulation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nevertheless, you have done well in communicating to my tribulation.

Revised Standard Version
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Not wistondynge ye have well done that ye bare parte with me in my tribvlacion.

Young's Literal Translation
but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Notwith stondinge ye haue done well, that ye bare parte with me in my tribulacion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
however, you acted generously in assisting me in my necessity:

Simplified Cowboy Version
But I do appreciate y'all snubbing for me in this latest bronc of a situation.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰I'm glad in God, far happier than you would ever guess—happy that you're again showing such strong concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just had no chance to show it. Actually, I don't have a sense of needing anything personally. I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am. I don't mean that your help didn't mean a lot to me—it did. It was a beautiful thing that you came alongside me in my troubles. ¹⁵You Philippians well know, and you can be sure I'll never forget it, that when I first left Macedonia province, venturing out with the Message, not one church helped out in the give-and-take of this work except you. You were the only one. Even while I was in Thessalonica, you helped out—and not only once, but twice. Not that I'm looking for handouts, but I do want you to experience the blessing that issues from generosity. ¹⁸And now I have it all—and keep getting more! The gifts you sent with Epaphroditus were more than enough, like a sweet-smelling sacrifice roasting on the altar, filling the air with fragrance, pleasing God no end. You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus. Our God and Father abounds in glory that just pours out into eternity. Yes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye have: 1 Kings 8:18, 2 Chronicles 6:8, Matthew 25:21, 3 John 1:5-8

ye did: Philippians 4:18, Philippians 1:7, Romans 15:27, 1 Corinthians 9:10, 1 Corinthians 9:11, Galatians 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:18, Hebrews 10:34, Hebrews 13:16

Reciprocal: Romans 16:2 - for 2 Corinthians 11:8 - General Philippians 1:5 - General Hebrews 10:33 - whilst Hebrews 13:3 - them that James 2:8 - ye do 3 John 1:6 - do well Revelation 1:9 - companion

Cross-References

Genesis 4:6
God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."

Genesis 4:13
Cain said to God , "My punishment is too much. I can't take it! You've thrown me off the land and I can never again face you. I'm a homeless wanderer on Earth and whoever finds me will kill me."

Genesis 4:15
God told him, "No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over." God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.

Genesis 4:16
Cain left the presence of God and lived in No-Man's-Land, east of Eden.

Leviticus 26:36
"As for those among you still alive, I'll give them over to fearful timidity—even the rustle of a leaf will throw them into a panic. They'll run here and there, back and forth, as if running for their lives even though no one is after them, tripping and falling over one another in total confusion. You won't stand a chance against an enemy. You'll perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will eat you up. Any who are left will slowly rot away in the enemy lands. Rot. And all because of their sins, their sins compounded by their ancestors' sins.

Numbers 35:19
"In such cases the avenger has a right to kill the murderer when he meets him—he can kill him on the spot.

Psalms 143:7
Hurry with your answer, God ! I'm nearly at the end of my rope. Don't turn away; don't ignore me! That would be certain death. If you wake me each morning with the sound of your loving voice, I'll go to sleep each night trusting in you. Point out the road I must travel; I'm all ears, all eyes before you. Save me from my enemies, God — you're my only hope! Teach me how to live to please you, because you're my God. Lead me by your blessed Spirit into cleared and level pastureland.

Proverbs 14:32
The evil of bad people leaves them out in the cold; the integrity of good people creates a safe place for living.

Proverbs 28:1
The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.

Jeremiah 52:3
The source of all this doom to Jerusalem and Judah was God 's anger. God turned his back on them as an act of judgment. Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar set out for Jerusalem with a full army. He set up camp and sealed off the city by building siege mounds around it. He arrived on the ninth year and tenth month of Zedekiah's reign. The city was under siege for nineteen months (until the eleventh year of Zedekiah).

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding ye have well done,.... This he says lest they should think he slighted their kindness, and lest they should be discouraged from doing any such thing of this kind another time, either to himself or others; for though he was so well contented with his state, and knew how to be abased and to suffer need, and could do all things through the strength of Christ, yet he observes they did well in communicating to him; for communicating to poor saints or ministers is a considerable branch of well doing; it is a good work when it is done in faith, and from love, and with a view to the glory, honour, and interest of Christ; it is what is agreeable to the will of God, and is an odour of a sweet smell, and acceptable to him:

that ye did communicate with my affliction; by which is meant, not any affliction of mind, for he was in as comfortable a frame, had as clear views of his interest in God, as his covenant God, and was as contented and satisfied as ever he was in his life; nor any disorder or distemper of body; but he was in prison and penury: these Philippians communicated with him in it, both by sympathizing with him in his tribulation, and by sending their minister to visit him, and with him a present for his relief and support; in doing which they did well.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding, ye have well done - Though he had learned the grace of contentment, and though he knew that Christ could enable him to do all things, it was well for them to show sympathy for his sufferings; for it evinced a proper regard for a benefactor and an apostle.

Ye did communicate - You took part with my affliction. That is, you sympathized with me, and assisted me in bearing it. The relief which they had sent, not only supplied his wants, but it sustained him by the certainty that he was not forgotten.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Ye have well done — Though I have learned all these important lessons, and am never miserable in want, yet ye have done well in sending me relief in the time of affliction.