Philippians 4:16
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For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
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even in Thessalonica--"even" as early as when I had got no further than Thessalonica, ye sent me supplies for my necessities more than once.
Open source ↗Exhortations to several Christian duties, as stedfastness, unanimity, joy, etc. (Phi 4:1-9). The apostle's grateful acknowledgments of the Philippians' kindness to him, with expressions of his own content, and desire of their good (Phi 4:10-19). He concludes the epistle with praise, salutations, and blessing (Phi 4:20-23).
Open source ↗4:16 After leaving Philippi (4:15) Paul had gone to Thessalonica (see Acts 17:1-8; cp. 1 Thes 2:1-14).
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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.
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.