Philippians 4:14 (DBY)

Passage

But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.

Nearby Context

Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.

Philippians 4:13 I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.

Philippians 4:14 But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.

Philippians 4:15 And know also *ye*, O Philippians, that in [the] beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated [anything] to me in [the] way of giving and receiving save *ye* alone;

Philippians 4:16 for also in Thessalonica once and even twice ye sent to me for my need.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "done", "well", "taking", "part", and "affliction". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "done" and "well", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "I have strength for all things in..." into verse 15's "And know also ye O Philippians that...", so "done" and "well" belong inside that flow. In Philippians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "done" and "well" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.