Bible vs Money

Bible & Money · Concordance · Book 40 of 52

Philippians

Updated 2026-07-31 · Sources: 2 · 6 passages · 4 with notes · 2 misuse warnings

Printed in full from the World English Bible (public domain). Every reference resolves against a local copy of that text before this page is built. The notes are editorial: they say what the passage contributes in its own context, and where a verse is routinely turned against that context, the warning sits with it. Read how we read Scripture on money first.

Philippians 2:3-4 (WEB)

3doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Philippians 2:3-4 · World English Bible, public domain

'Look to the interests of others' is, in business terms, customer discovery.

Themes: Serving others and creating value · Relationships and money · Inheritance, legacy, and estate · Reading band K2

Philippians 3:7-8 (WEB)

7However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. 8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:7-8 · World English Bible, public domain

Paul uses accounting language - profit and loss - about his own life.

Themes: Wealth · Character and money · Contentment and simplicity · Greed, the love of money, and materialism · Reading band K4

Philippians 4:6-7 (WEB)

6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 · World English Bible, public domain

The prescribed response to financial anxiety. Pair with Matthew 6:25-34 rather than using either alone.

Themes: Contentment and simplicity · God's ownership and human stewardship · Greed, the love of money, and materialism · Reading band K1

Philippians 4:11-13 (WEB)

11Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. 12I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. 13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:11-13 · World English Bible, public domain

Themes: Contentment and simplicity · Greed, the love of money, and materialism · God's ownership and human stewardship · Reading band K3

Philippians 4:15-19 (WEB)

15You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only. 16For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need. 17Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account. 18But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God. 19My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:15-19 · World English Bible, public domain

Giving as an investment account: 'fruit that abounds to your account' (v.17). Also the true context of the much-abused v.19.

Themes: Generosity, tithing, and firstfruits · Planning, counsel, and humility about the future · Honesty and integrity in business · Contentment and simplicity · God's ownership and human stewardship · Reading band K4

Philippians 4:19 (WEB)

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 · World English Bible, public domain

Themes: Contentment and simplicity · God's ownership and human stewardship · Reading band K2

Sources

  1. World English Bible (WEB), public domain, USFX source text (seven1m/open-bibles)
  2. BibleGateway: read any passage in its wider context