Philippians 4:5 Cross References - BBE

⁵ Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

³⁹ But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned. ⁴⁰ And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him. ⁴¹ And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two. ⁴² Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

²⁵ So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

³⁴ Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; ⁴⁹ And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; ⁵⁰ The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

²⁹ If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe. ³⁰ Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again. ³¹ Do to others as you would have them do to you. ³² If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them. ³³ And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave. ³⁵ But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

²² And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed. ²³ Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing? ²⁴ Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds! ²⁵ And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller? ²⁶ If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest? ²⁷ Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these. ²⁸ But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith? ²⁹ And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts. ³⁰ For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

³⁴ But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

⁷ More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

²⁹ But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not; ³⁰ And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing; ³¹ And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

¹³ For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

²⁵ And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

² For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it. ⁴ But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

² That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

² To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

²⁵ Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

³⁷ In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

⁵ Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. ⁶ So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

⁸ Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near. ⁹ Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

¹¹ Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.

⁷ But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

⁸ But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day. ⁹ The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways. ¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up. ¹¹ Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness, ¹² Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat? ¹³ But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness. ¹⁴ For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

⁷ See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.

²⁰ He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.