Philippians 4:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.”
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“Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord <FI>is<Fi> near;”
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Other passages that echo Philippians 4:5 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Matthew 6:34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
- Luke 6:29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
- Luke 12:22Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- 1 Corinthians 6:7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
- 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
- 1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
- Titus 3:2to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
- Hebrews 10:25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- James 5:8You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- 1 Peter 1:11trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
- 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- Revelation 22:7“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
- Revelation 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
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