Philippians 4:14 (KJV)

Passage

Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

Nearby Context

Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

Philippians 4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

Philippians 4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "I can do all things through Christ..." into verse 15's "Now ye Philippians know also that in...", so "notwithstanding" 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 "notwithstanding" and "well" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.