Charles Spurgeon Commentary Philippians 4:9-10

"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. But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity." — Philippians 4:9-10 (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. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me has flourished again; in which you were also careful, but you lacked opportunity.

You see that Paul did not really mean, Be careful for nothing, for he says here that the Philippians had cared for him, and he praises them for being careful of him. They had lovingly thought of him who was their spiritual father, and when they knew that he was confined as a prisoner in Rome, and suffering need, they took care to send something to relieve and cheer him.