Philippians 4:12
I know what it is to be poor, and I also know what it is to have plenty. In every way and in all things I have learned the secret of how to be well-fed or to be hungry, and how to have an abundance or to be in need.
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11I am not saying this because I am in need. For I have learned to be content in all circumstances.
13I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:20Your good Spirit you gave them to instruct them, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and water you gave them for their thirst.
Jeremiah 31:19For after I turned back to you, I was sorry; after I was trained, I slapped my thigh. 1 I was ashamed and humiliated, for I have borne the guilt of my youth.' 1
Matthew 13:52Then Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is the owner of a house, who draws out old and new things from his treasure.”
2 Corinthians 6:4Instead, we prove ourselves by all our actions, that we are God's servants. We are his servants in much endurance, affliction, distress, hardship,
2 Corinthians 10:10For some people say, “His letters are serious and powerful, but physically he is weak. His words are not worth listening to.”
2 Corinthians 11:9When I was with you and I was in need, I did not burden anyone. For my needs were met by the brothers who came from Macedonia. In everything I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and I will continue to do that.
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 →