6. Translate, "Be anxious about nothing." Care and prayer are as mutually opposed as fire and water [BENGEL]. by prayer and supplication — Greek, "by the prayer and the supplication" appropriate to each case [ALFORD]. Prayer for blessings; and the general term. Supplication, to avert ills; a special term, suppliant entreaty (see on :- ). thanksgiving —for every event, prosperity and affliction alike ( 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ; James 5:13 ). The Philippians might remember Paul's example at Philippi when in the innermost prison ( James 5:13- : ). Thanksgiving gives effect to prayer ( James 5:13- : ), and frees from anxious carefulness by making all God's dealings matter for praise, not merely for resignation, much less murmuring. "Peace" is the companion of "thanksgiving" ( Philippians 4:7 ; Colossians 3:15 ). let your requests be made known unto God —with generous, filial, unreserved confidence; not keeping aught back, as too great, or else too small, to bring before God, though you might feel so as to your fellow men. So Jacob, when fearing Esau ( Colossians 3:15- : ); Hezekiah fearing Sennacherib ( 2 Kings 19:14 ; Psalms 37:5 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
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