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2 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Rejoice in the Lord and the peace of God #2

3 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. be anxious – merimnao - to care, be anxious, troubled, to take thought or worried --- present/imperative/active Can be used in good sense or bad sense Phil 2:20 For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. see parallel verse 1 Peter 5:7

4 Matthew 6:25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' 32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Christ teaching about anxiety/worry

5 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. for nothing - meden - not at all, in no respect Wuest “Stop worrying about even one thing” but – ala – in strong contrast We now have in the remainder of verse 6 the remedy for anxiety/worry !!

6 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. rearrange – subject, verb and modifiers: your requests let be made known in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving to God Subject = your requests – lit: that which has been asked for; from aiteo – a thing asked see Eph 3:20, Col 1:9 How do we make a request of God ? Verb = let be made known - to make known of things already known – present/imperative/passive see 1 Cor 15:1

7 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 4 modifiers of the verb (to make known) a) in everything – pas – all, nothing excluded see 1 Peter 5:7 b) by prayer and supplication prayer – proseuche – most frequent word for prayer supplication - deesis - a wanting, a need - then, an asking, entreaty -- prayer for particular benefits, petition for oneself

8 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 4 modifiers of the verb (to make known) c) with thanksgiving lit: giving of thanks see Col 4:2, Col 2:7 d) to God to = pros – toward or face to face; God see Rom 5:1

9 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. peace of God – the peace that only God can give see parallel verse in Col 3:15 other verses see Phil 1:2, Phil 4:9 which surpasses all comprehension this tells us the magnitude of the peace of God surpasses - hyperechō – lit: to have over; see Phil 3:8 participle/present/active

10 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. which surpasses all comprehension (conti.) comprehension - nous – mind, the faculty of knowing, the seat of the understanding will guard - phroureō - a military term - to keep by guarding, to keep under guard main verb – future/indicative/active see 1 Peter 1:5

11 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. your hearts and your minds hearts - kardia - the chief organ of physical life, also stands for man's entire mental and moral activity see Col 3:15, Eph 3:17 minds - noēma - a thought, concept of the mind see 2 Cor 10:5, 2 Cor 11:3 in Christ Jesus – this promise is only as we abide/walk in Christ