Philippians 4:12

I indeed know how to be poor, and I know how to abound: in every thing and in all things I learned both to flourish and to be poor, both to abound and to be destitute.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Not that I speak concerning deficiency: for I have learned to be content with those things amid which I am.

13I can do all things through him who fills me up with dynamite.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:52And He said to them, Therefore every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old.

2 Corinthians 6:4but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties,

2 Corinthians 10:10Because they say, His letters are indeed weighty and powerful; but the presence of his body is weak, and his speech contemptible.

2 Corinthians 11:9for the brethren, having come from Macedonia, supplied my deficiency; and in everything I rendered myself not burdensome to you, and will so render.

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 →

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