What Does Philippians 4:7 Mean in the King James?
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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
God’s wholeness does not merely calm the inner life; it stands watch over it.
THE MEANING
God’s wholeness is active in your life now, guarding your heart and thoughts in Christ Jesus even when your understanding cannot contain it. Your inner life is held within that care, not dependent on your ability to explain everything.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This verse undoes the belief that peace is possible only after the mind has made everything make sense.
THE ROOT
φρουρήσει
phrourēsei
GROWS FROM
φρουρ
Guarding, keeping watch, or standing sentry.
The word translated “keep” carries the image of a guard on watch. God’s wholeness is pictured as an active presence protecting your heart and thoughts, not just a feeling inside them.
ALSO GROWS
phrourós: Guard or sentinel.
φρουρός
This related word makes the watchful quality of “keep” visible: your inner life is guarded.
phrourá: Guard or garrison.
φρουρά
The same Greek word family can name a guarding force, deepening the picture of wholeness holding watch over heart and thought.
εἰρήνη
eirēnē
GROWS FROM
εἰρην
Peace, wholeness, well-being.
Here “peace” carries the sense of wholeness, a state of being held together in God. That wholeness is not passive: in this verse it guards both the heart and the thoughts.
ALSO GROWS
eirēneuō: To be at peace or live peaceably.
εἰρηνεύω
This related verb shows the same wholeness as a lived condition.
eirēnikos: Peaceable or characterized by peace.
εἰρηνικός
This related word describes what bears the quality of the wholeness named by εἰρήνη.
THE PATTERN
God-given wholeness becomes a guarding presence over the inner life.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.THE THREAD
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.John uses the same Greek word, εἰρήνη (eirēnē), for the wholeness Jesus gives. John names the troubled heart; Philippians shows that same wholeness guarding both heart and thought.
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