Philippians 4:16

Modern

For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

Traditional

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

Literal

For even in Thessalonica, both once and twice, you sent for my need.

Latin

…quia et Thessalonicam semel et bis in usum mihi misistis.

Greek

English

For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

After Paul left Philippi (see 4:15), he traveled to Thessalonica (see Acts 17:1–8; compare 1 Thessalonians 2:1–14).

At the end of the letter, Paul thanks the Philippians for the gift they sent him through Epaphroditus.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Acts 17:1
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
1 Thessalonians 2:18
For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

Thessalonica: Macedonian city, site of an early Christian church