Philippians 4:11
I am not saying this as if out of need. For I have learned that, in whatever state I am, it is sufficient.
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Genesis 28:20And then he made a vow, saying: “If God will be with me, and will guard me along the way by which I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
Matthew 6:31Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: ‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?’
1 Corinthians 4:11Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.
2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.
2 Corinthians 11:27with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness,
1 Timothy 6:6But piety with sufficiency is great gain.
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 →