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and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 · New 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.
  • KJV And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
  • BSB And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in 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 to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
  • Isa 26:3You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
  • 2 Th 3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
  • Col 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
  • Ps 29:11Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
  • Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
  • Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
  • Rom 8:6For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
  • Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Job 22:21“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
  • Eph 3:19and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Isa 48:18Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
  • Isa 48:22“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”
  • Rom 14:17for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Luke 1:79to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
  • Rev 1:4John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
  • Num 6:26Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’
  • 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
  • Prov 6:22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
  • Isa 55:11–12so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
  • Phil 4:9The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
  • Ps 85:8I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
  • Isa 26:12Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
  • Rom 1:7to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Prov 4:6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
  • Isa 57:19–21I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
  • Jer 33:6‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
  • Isa 45:7I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
  • Prov 2:11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
  • Neh 8:10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
  • Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
  • Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
  • Rev 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
  • Phil 1:2Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Pet 1:4–5to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade 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.

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