What Does Philippians 2:24 Mean in the King James?

But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

Philippians 2:24 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verse makes confidence a settled persuasion: a specific future can be expected while its ground remains in the Lord.

THE MEANING

Your expectation has room to be specific, a coming soon, while its confidence rests in the Lord. Trust holds a real future in view without making its timing yours to command.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The lie that trust requires having no concrete expectation is undone here: the speaker names an arrival and places his confidence in the Lord.

THE ROOT

πέποιθα

pépoitha

GROWS FROM

πείθω

peithō

Persuade, convince; in this form, have become persuaded and stand confident.

The word translated “trust” is a form of the Greek verb for persuading or convincing. The speaker’s confidence is a settled persuasion held “in the Lord,” not merely a wish about what may happen.

ALSO GROWS

pepoíthēsis: Confidence, assurance.

πεποίθησις

This related word makes the family’s link between persuasion and confidence explicit: trust is conviction held as assurance.

apeithéō: Refuse to be persuaded; disobey.

ἀπειθέω

Its opposite shows that this word family can describe a response to persuasion, not just an inward feeling.

THE PATTERN

A real plan can be held confidently while its path remains directed by the LORD.

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 37:5 · KJVThe verse joins a concrete way forward with trust in the LORD to bring it to pass.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Proverbs 16:9 · KJVA person can form a plan while the LORD directs how its steps unfold.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

1 Corinthians 4:19 · KJVThe expected visit is specific, yet its coming remains within the Lord’s will.

THE THREAD

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

Philippians 1:25 · KJV

The same Greek word family behind “trust” here appears in this verse as “confidence.” The shared root links persuasion in the Lord with holding a specific future in view: coming soon here, abiding and continuing there.

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