And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Parallel translations
- WEB My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
- KJV But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
- NKJV And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
- NASB And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
- NLT And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
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Quick answer
Paul assures the Philippians that God will supply all their needs from his glorious riches in Christ. The giving church can trust God to provide for them.
Overview
In response to their generosity, Paul promises that the God they served will meet their every need from his inexhaustible 'riches in glory.' The supply comes 'in Christ Jesus,' the channel of all God's blessings. This is not a blanket guarantee of wealth but the assurance that the giving God amply provides for his trusting people.
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- 2 Cor 9:8–11And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
- Ps 23:1–5A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- 1 Tim 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Prov 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Luke 12:30–33For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Deut 8:3–4He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
- Mal 3:10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- Prov 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- 2 Sam 22:7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
- Ps 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Neh 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
- Eph 3:16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
- Col 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Ps 41:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- Ps 112:5–9It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Rom 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
- Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Eph 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Ps 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
- Rom 9:23What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
- Ps 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Gen 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- 2 Cor 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- 2 Chr 18:13But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
- Rom 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Eph 2:7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
- Eph 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Dan 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- Rom 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- 1 Th 2:12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
- 2 Cor 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
- 1 Pet 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
- John 20:27Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Neh 5:19Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
- Phlm 1:4I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,
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