King James Version

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ὥστεhōsteThereforeὥστεconjunction — “Therefore”G5620so that, therefore, so then, so as to.This verse uses “therefore”.Thereforeἀδελφοίadelphoibrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myἀγαπητοὶagapētoimy dearly belovedἀγαπητός (agapētos)adjective, vocative, plural, masculine — “my dearly beloved”, the calling formG27loved, beloved, with two special applications: the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ), as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another.This verse uses “beloved”.my dearly belovedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐπιπόθητοιepipothētoilonged forἐπιπόθητος (epipothētos)adjective, vocative, plural, masculine — “longed for”, the calling formG1973longed for, missed, greatly desired.This verse uses “longed for”.χαρὰcharajoyχαράnoun, vocative, singular, feminine — “joy”, the calling formG5479joy, gladness, a source of joy.This verse uses “joy”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.στέφανόςstephanoscrownστέφανοςnoun, vocative, singular, masculine — “crown”, the calling formG4735a crown, garland, honor, glory.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).οὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.στήκετεstēketeto standστήκω (stēkō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to stand”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4739I stand fast, stand firm, persevere.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.κυρίῳkuriōlordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ἀγαπητοίagapētoibelovedἀγαπητός (agapētos)adjective, vocative, plural, masculine — “beloved”, the calling formG27loved, beloved, with two special applications: the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ), as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another.This verse uses “beloved”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Young’s Literal Translation

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

World English Bible

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Darby Translation

So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in [the] Lord, beloved.

Douay-Rheims

Therefore, my dearly beloved brethren, and most desired, my joy and my crown; so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies