Philippians 4:20
New International Version
To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

New Living Translation
Now all glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen.

English Standard Version
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Berean Standard Bible
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Berean Literal Bible
Now to our God and Father be the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.

King James Bible
Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

New King James Version
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

New American Standard Bible
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

NASB 1995
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

NASB 1977
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Amplified Bible
To our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Christian Standard Bible
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

American Standard Version
Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But to God Our Father is the glory and the honor to the eternity of eternities. Amen.

Contemporary English Version
May God our Father be praised forever and ever. Amen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now to God and our Father be glory world without end. Amen.

English Revised Version
Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Glory belongs to our God and Father forever! Amen.

Good News Translation
To our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

International Standard Version
Glory belongs to our God and Father forever and ever! Amen.

Literal Standard Version
and to God, even our Father, [is] the glory through the ages of the ages. Amen.

Majority Standard Bible
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

New American Bible
To our God and Father, glory forever and ever. Amen.

NET Bible
May glory be given to God our Father forever and ever. Amen.

New Revised Standard Version
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

New Heart English Bible
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now to God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Weymouth New Testament
And to our God and Father be the glory throughout the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

World English Bible
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

Young's Literal Translation
and to God, even our Father, is the glory -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.

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Context
The Generosity of the Philippians
19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. 21Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.…

Cross References
Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,


Treasury of Scripture

Now to God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

unto.

Philippians 1:11
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Psalm 72:19
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Amen.

Philippians 4:23
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Philippians 4
1. From particular admonitions,
4. he proceeds to general exhortations,
10. showing how he rejoiced at their generosity toward him while in prison.
19. And so he concludes with prayer and salutations.














(20) Now unto God and our Father . . .--The doxology of this verse seems suggested by the very use of "glory" in the previous verse. "Glory" may be derivatively the privilege of man; but "the glory" (for the original has the article here)--the essential and incommunicable glory--must be ascribed to God alone. Whether we supply here the word "is" or "be" matters not. His it is; to Him let it be ascribed. Such doxologies are common with St. Paul (see Romans 16:27; Galatians 1:5; Ephesians 3:21; 1Timothy 1:17; 2Timothy 4:18); always with the addition of "for ever and ever," or literally, for the ages of the ages, throughout every age till time shall be no more; always in close connection with some declaration, not so much of the majesty, as of the wisdom, and still more the goodness, of the Father.

Philippians 4:21-23 contain the salutation and blessing. The salutation is very brief, as compared, for example, with the corresponding passage in the Colossian Epistle (Philippians 4:10-15), naming none, either of those saluted or those joining with St. Paul in the salutation. The omission in the latter case may perhaps be accounted for by the words above (Philippians 2:20-21), in which, with the single exception of Timotheus, St. Paul declares dissatisfaction with those near him, because "all seek their own, and not the things which are Jesus Christ's. . . .

Verse 20. - Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen; rather, with R.V., unto our God and Father be the glory. The thought of God's present mercies, and the hope of glory to come mentioned in the last verse, suggest the doxology. Observe, St. Paul says, "our God and Father" here. He said, "my God" in ver. 19, where he was speaking of the reward which God would give for kindness shown to himself; but now "our God," as the one Object of praise and worship from the universal Church. The glory; the article is commonly used with δόξα in these doxologies - the glory which is God's peculiar possession, which is essentially his (comp. John 17:5). Bishop Lightfoot says, in his note on Galatians 1:5, "It is probable that we should supply ἐστὶν in such cases rather than ἔστω. It is an affirmation rather than a wish. Glory is the essential attribute of God. See 1 Peter 4:11, Ωι ἐστὶν ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος, and the doxology added to the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:13)." For ever and ever; literally, for the ages of ages; for the ages which consist, not of years, but of ages, for the countless ages of eternity (comp. Galatians 1:5 and 1 Timothy 1:17).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
To
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

God
Θεῷ (Theō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Father
Πατρὶ (Patri)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

[be]
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

glory
δόξα (doxa)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.

forever
αἰῶνας (aiōnas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 165: From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.

[and]
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

ever.
αἰώνων (aiōnōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 165: From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.

Amen.
ἀμήν (amēn)
Hebrew Word
Strong's 281: Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.


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