Philippians 4:14 (YLT)

Passage

but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

Nearby Context

Philippians 4:12 I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

Philippians 4:13 For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Philippians 4:14 but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

Philippians 4:15 and ye have known, even ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly did communicate with me in regard to giving and receiving except ye only;

Philippians 4:16 because also in Thessalonica, both once and again to my need ye sent;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For all things I have strength in..." into verse 15's "and ye have known even ye Philippians...", so "well" and "having" 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 "well" and "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.