Philippians 4

3 songs checked against Philippians 4. Each proof shows the passage, what the song does with it, and whether you can sing it. Read the whole chapter: Bible Gateway ↗ · Bible Hub ↗

Philippians 4:6-7 · “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” · Alan Jackson

NOT A QUOTE “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” Alan Jackson Philippians 4:6-7 Sing it. It quotes nothing and never says it is scripture, and its one repeated instruction is Philippians 4:6's program in plain words. Just notice that singing about prayer is not yet praying. The hymn points at the door; walking through is the praying.

✓ Its repeated instruction compresses Philippians 4:6 faithfully: everything, brought to God, by prayer, and the hymn calls that a privilege rather than a chore

⚠ The verse attaches thanksgiving to the asking. The sung stanzas bring sins, griefs, trials, and trouble to God, and never mention thanks

Philippians 4:8 · “Think About It” · Seeds Family Worship (now Seeds Kids Worship)

~ FAITHFUL “Think About It” Seeds Family Worship (now Seeds Kids Worship) Philippians 4:8 Sing it. The verse arrives whole, in the NIV's wording, with nothing cut. Just know the album page names the ESV, so check the words against an NIV rather than the version the label sends you to.

✓ The verse is sung complete and in order, and the chorus and bridge are built from the verse's own words rather than new ones

⚠ The album's product page lists the scripture version as ESV while the album's own chord charts credit the NIV. The label does not identify what is sung

Philippians 4:12-13 · “I Can Do All Things - Philippians 4:13” · Steve Green

~ FAITHFUL “I Can Do All Things - Philippians 4:13” Steve Green Philippians 4:12-13 Sing it, and let children memorize it. The words are the verse, exactly, with the address attached. Then read verse 12 with them once. It says which things the all things are, and the song does not.

✓ The sung words are the verse itself, word for word, with the reference in the track title, so what a child memorizes is checkable scripture, address included

⚠ No translation is named at the track level. The wording is the New King James rendering, recognizable but nowhere stated on the packaging

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