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Phil. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let your moderationc be known unto all men. The Lordd is at hand.*

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1 Cor. 9:25• ²⁵But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible. (1 Cor. 9:25)

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Rev. 22:7,20• ⁷And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
²⁰He that testifies these things says, Yea, I come quickly. Amen; come, Lord Jesus. (Rev. 22:7,20)

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Matt. 5:39‑42• ³⁹But *I* say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
⁴⁰and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.
⁴¹And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.
⁴²To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away. (Matt. 5:39‑42)

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Matt. 6:25,34• ²⁵For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
³⁴Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil. (Matt. 6:25,34)

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Luke 6:29‑35• ²⁹To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.
³⁰To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.
³¹And as ye wish that men should do to you, do *ye* also to them in like manner.
³²And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
³³And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
³⁴And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.
³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked. (Luke 6:29‑35)

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Luke 12:22‑30• ²²And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
²³The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
²⁴Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are *ye* than the birds?
²⁵But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
²⁶If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
²⁷Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
²⁸But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
²⁹And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
³⁰for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things; (Luke 12:22‑30)

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Luke 21:34• ³⁴But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares; (Luke 21:34)

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1 Cor. 6:7• ⁷Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded? (1 Cor. 6:7)

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1 Cor. 7:29‑31• ²⁹But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:
³⁰and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;
³¹and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes. (1 Cor. 7:29‑31)

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1 Cor. 8:13• ¹³Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother. (1 Cor. 8:13)

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1 Cor. 9:25• ²⁵But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible. (1 Cor. 9:25)

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Titus 3:2• ²to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men. (Titus 3:2)

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Heb. 13:5‑6• ⁵Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
⁶So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me? (Heb. 13:5‑6)

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1 Peter 1:11• ¹¹searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which belonged to Christ, and the glories after these. (1 Peter 1:11)

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Matt. 24:48‑50• ⁴⁸But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
⁴⁹and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
⁵⁰the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, (Matt. 24:48‑50)

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1 Thess. 5:2‑4• ²for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.
³When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
⁴But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief: (1 Thess. 5:2‑4)

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2 Thess. 2:2• ²that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as if it were by us, as that the day of the Lord is present. (2 Thess. 2:2)

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Heb. 10:25• ²⁵not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom is with some; but encouraging one another, and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near. (Heb. 10:25)

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James 5:8‑9• ⁸*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.
⁹Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door. (James 5:8‑9)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; (1 Peter 4:7)

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2 Peter 3:8‑14• ⁸But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
⁹The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
¹¹All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
¹²waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?
¹³But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
¹⁴Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless; (2 Peter 3:8‑14)

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Rev. 22:7,20• ⁷And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
²⁰He that testifies these things says, Yea, I come quickly. Amen; come, Lord Jesus. (Rev. 22:7,20)

• He is at hand. A little while, and all for which men strive will give place to Him whose presence bridles the will (or rather puts it aside) and fills the heart. (“Philippians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• In His own time the Lord will deal with all the evil and bring in all the blessing, and His coming is near. It is not for believers, then, to interfere with the government of the world, nor to assert their rights and fight for them. (“Philippians 4” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let your gentlenessc be known of all men. The Lord is near.

JND Translation Notes

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Or, "moderation," "mildness," not insisting on one's rights. As "gentle," Jas. 3.17.

W. Kelly Translation

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Let your mildness be known to all men. The Lord [is] near.