Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress.
Parallel translations
- WEB However you did well that you shared in my affliction.
- KJV Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
- BSB Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
- NASB Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my difficulty.
- NLT Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.
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Quick answer
Even so, Paul commends the Philippians for sharing in his hardship through their gift. Their generosity was genuinely good and praiseworthy.
Overview
While content with or without their help (4:11-13), Paul does not minimize their kindness. By partnering in his affliction, they entered into his sufferings for the gospel. Their gift was an act of true fellowship, and Paul honors it as a good work, balancing his independence with heartfelt gratitude.
Cross-references & the web
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- Heb 13:16But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
- Phil 1:7It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
- 1 Kgs 8:18But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
- Gal 6:6But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
- Heb 10:34For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
- 1 Tim 6:18that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- 3 Jn 1:5–8Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
- Phil 4:18But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
- Matt 25:21“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
- 2 Chr 6:8But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
- Rom 15:27Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.
- 1 Cor 9:10–11or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
- Rev 1:9I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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