Philippians 4:12
I know what it is to be in want, and what it is to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things, I have been fully instructed in being full and in being hungry, in having abundance and in being in want.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11I do not speak in respect to want: for I have learned, in whatever condition I am, to be content.
13I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Cross References
Matthew 13:52He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.
2 Corinthians 6:4but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits,
2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters, says one, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his style of speech contemptible.
2 Corinthians 11:9for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied my wants; and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and will continue to keep myself.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 4:11-20
Kindness Acknowledged; Christian Contentment. ( a. d. 62.) 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all… Read the whole commentary →