## Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. ##
Paul is talking to all the Philippian believers. He repeats the command to rejoice to emphasize how important it is. This can be translated as: "Be glad because of what the Lord has done! Again I tell you be glad!"
## Your gentleness needs to be known to all people. ##
"All people need to see how kind you are."
## The Lord is near ##
Possible meanings are 1) The Lord Jesus is near to the believers in spirit or 2) the day the Lord Jesus will return to the earth is near.
## in everything by prayer in requests tell God what you need and thank him ##
"ask God for everything you need with prayer and thanks."
## which exceeds all understanding ##
"which is more than our human minds can understand"
## will guard your hearts and your thoughts ##
This presents God's peace as a soldier that protects our emotions and thoughts from worrying. This full meaning could be made explicit: "will be like a soldier and guard your emotions and thoughts from worrying about the troubles of this life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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