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Philippians 4:6–7

⁶Worry about nothing; instead, in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, make your requests known to our Father. ⁷The peace of our Father, beyond all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6–7 · Father's Heart Bible™

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What Philippians 4:6–7 means

Philippians 4:6–7 is Paul’s answer to anxiety: “Worry about nothing; instead, in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, make your requests known to our Father. The peace of our Father, beyond all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

It is not a command to stop feeling anxious by willpower. It is an exchange. “Worry about nothing” is matched by “in everything” pray: every worry becomes a request, brought to our Father with thanksgiving. Paul wrote this in chains, so he is not speaking from an easy life. Just before it he says, “The Lord is near.”

The promise is not that every request will be answered the way we want, but that our Father’s peace will stand guard. The word is military: peace keeps watch over the heart and the mind. It is “beyond all understanding,” which means it does not wait for the problem to make sense. The next verses show how to keep it: fix your mind on whatever is true, honourable, right, pure and lovely.

Written by Spirit Media Publishing · Edited by Kevin White · Published October 21, 2026

Philippians 4:6–7 in context

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

⁵ Show your gentleness to everyone. The Lord is near.

⁶ Worry about nothing; instead, in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, make your requests known to our Father.

⁷ The peace of our Father, beyond all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers, fix your minds on whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy—and keep dwelling on these things.

⁹ What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—do these things, and our Father of peace will be with you.

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Questions about Philippians 4:6–7

What does Philippians 4:6–7 say?

In the Father's Heart Bible™, Philippians 4:6–7 reads: “Worry about nothing; instead, in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, make your requests known to our Father. The peace of our Father, beyond all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

What does Philippians 4:6-7 mean?

Philippians 4:6-7 means that instead of worrying, we bring every concern to our Father in prayer with thanksgiving, and his peace, which goes beyond understanding, guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. It is an exchange of worry for prayer, not a command to feel nothing.

Is it a sin to be anxious according to Philippians 4:6?

Paul does not shame anxiety; he gives it somewhere to go. “Worry about nothing” is paired with “in everything” pray. He wrote this in chains and introduces it with “The Lord is near.” The point is to bring worry to our Father, not to hide it.