“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus — eirēnē (peace) from God will 'guard' (phroureō, garrison, watch over) hearts and minds. The peace 'transcends all understanding' (hyperecho pasin tē noei) is incomprehensible by logic: it makes no sense to be peaceful amid threat, yet it is. 'Guard... in Christ Jesus' shows the garrison's location: Christ-union. The promise is concrete: emotional stability protected by divine peace.
Church Fathers on Philippians 4:7
“Blessed are they that mourn,” and “woe unto them that laugh” Matthew 5:4; Luke 6:25, says Christ. How then says Paul, “Rejoice in the Lord always”? “Woe to them that laugh,” said Christ, the laughter of this world which arises from the things which are present. He blessed also those that mourn, not simply for the loss of relatives, but those who are pricked at heart, who mourn their own faults, and take count of their own sins, or even those of others. This joy is not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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