Charles Spurgeon Commentary Philippians 4:9

"The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you." — Philippians 4:9 (ASV)

Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

May the Lord fulfill that gracious word to all of us, The God of peace shall be with you! Amen.

These things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do:

It is well when a preacher can speak like that; when he does not have to say, "Do as I say, and not as I do," but when, like the apostle, he can say those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do.

And the God of peace shall be with you.

The God of peace is always with those who receive his dear Son, and who heed his gospel. It is one of the privileges of true believers that the God of peace shall be constantly with them.

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do:

Paul was a grand preacher to be able to say that; to hold up his own example, as well as his own teaching, as something that the people might safely follow.

And the God of peace shall be with you.

In the seventh verse, we had the expression, "the peace of God."

In this ninth verse, we have the mention of "the God of peace." May we first enjoy the peace of God, and then be helped by the Spirit of God to get into a still higher region, where we shall be more fully acquainted with the God of peace!