The Meaning of Philippians 4:22 Explained

Philippians 4:22

KJV: All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.

YLT: there salute you all the saints, and specially those of Caesar's house;

Darby: All the saints salute you, and specially those of the household of Caesar.

ASV: All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All  the saints  salute  you,  chiefly  they that are of  Caesar's  household. 

What does Philippians 4:22 Mean?

Verse Meaning

"All the saints" probably refers to the Christians at Rome. Of these, some were employees of the imperial government. [1] Paul had already referred to the praetorian guards, some of whom had evidently become believers ( Philippians 1:13). Since Philippi as a colony had close ties with Rome, it is likely that some of the Roman Christians had friends in the Philippian church.

Context Summary

Philippians 4:10-23 - "my God Shall Supply Every Need"
The Apostle had been glad to receive the gifts of his friends, because these evidenced their earnest religious life. It was fruit that increased to their account. On his own part he had learned one of the greatest of lessons-contentment with whatever state he found himself in. This is a secret that can only be acquired by our experience of life in the will of God. When once the soul lives in God and finds its highest ideal in the fulfillment of His will, it becomes absolutely assured that all things which are necessary will be added. All things are possible to those who derive their daily strength from God.
It is wonderful to hear Paul say that he abounded, Philippians 4:18. A prison, a chain, a meager existence! The great ones of the world would have ridiculed the idea that any could be said to abound in such conditions. But they could not imagine the other hemisphere in which Paul lived; and out of his own blessed experience of what Christ could do, he promised that one's every need would be supplied. God's measure is his riches in glory; and his channel is Jesus Christ. Let us learn from Philippians 4:18 that every gift to God's children which is given from a pure motive is acceptable to Him as a fragrant sacrifice. That reference in Philippians 4:22 shows that Paul was making good use of his stay in Rome [source]

Chapter Summary: Philippians 4

1  From particular admonitions,
4  he proceeds to general exhortations,
10  showing how he rejoiced at their generosity toward him while in prison
19  And so he concludes with prayer and salutations

Greek Commentary for Philippians 4:22

Of Caesar's household []
Probably the slaves and freedmen attached to the palace.sa40 [source]

What do the individual words in Philippians 4:22 mean?

Greet you all the saints especially now those from - Caesar's household
Ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι μάλιστα δὲ οἱ ἐκ τῆς Καίσαρος οἰκίας

Ἀσπάζονται  Greet 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀπασπάζομαι 
Sense: to draw to one’s self.
ἅγιοι  saints 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἅγιος  
Sense: most holy thing, a saint.
μάλιστα  especially 
Parse: Adverb
Root: μάλιστα  
Sense: especially, chiefly, most of all, above all.
δὲ  now 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: δέ  
Sense: but, moreover, and, etc.
οἱ  those 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
τῆς  - 
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Καίσαρος  Caesar's 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: Καῖσαρ  
Sense: the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius Augustus and his successors afterwards became a title, and was appropriated by the Roman emperors as part of their title.
οἰκίας  household 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root: οἰκία  
Sense: a house.