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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
  • BSB And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  • NKJV and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
  • NASB And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
  • NLT Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

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Quick answer

God's peace, beyond human understanding, will guard the hearts and minds of those who pray. Prayer yields a divine, protecting peace.

Overview

In response to thankful prayer (4:6), God gives a peace that surpasses comprehension, a settled calm not dependent on resolved circumstances. Pictured as a military guard, this peace stands sentinel over the believer's heart and thoughts. It is found 'in Christ Jesus,' the only ground of true and lasting peace with God and within.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 38

  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • Isa 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
  • 2 Th 3:16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
  • Col 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
  • Ps 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
  • Rom 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
  • John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
  • Rom 8:6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
  • Rom 5:1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
  • Eph 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
  • Isa 48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
  • Isa 48:22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
  • Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
  • Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Rev 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
  • Num 6:26The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
  • 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
  • Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
  • Prov 6:22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
  • Isa 55:11–12So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
  • Phil 4:9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
  • Ps 85:8I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
  • Isa 26:12LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
  • Rom 1:7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Prov 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
  • Isa 57:19–21I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
  • Jer 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
  • Isa 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
  • Prov 2:11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
  • Neh 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
  • Heb 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
  • Rev 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
  • Phil 1:2Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
  • 1 Pet 1:4–5To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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Christ at the center

The one who, being in the form of God, emptied himself to the point of death on a cross and was exalted to the name above every name — the joy and prize of the believer.

How Philippians 4:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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