Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.… It is — 1. Real; not the delusive calm of a hollow truce, nor the deceitful tranquillity of stolid indifference and thoughtless apathy. An ice-bound river is at peace; a motionless corpse. In true peace there is life and activity as well as rest. 2. Great (Psalm 119:165; Isaiah 54:13) in its foundation, author, effect. 3. Abundant (Jeremiah 33:6), flowing in many channels, and filling the heart (Romans 15:13). 4. Abiding; secure and certain, a peace that lives independently of circumstances, "which the world can neither give nor take away," the unruffled undercurrent, beneath the grounds well of the Christian's sorrows; a peace not often disturbed, and never finally overthrown. 5. Incomprehensive, both to the men of this world and saints of God as well. (G. S. Bowes, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. |
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