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Philippians 4:12

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in every state and in all situations I am instructed either to be full or famishing, either to enjoy abundance, or to suffer want:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 mention this with a view to my indigence: for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am, to be content.

13I am enabled for all things by Christ who strengtheneth me.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:52They say unto him, Yes, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man, the master of a family, who bringeth out of his storehouse things new and old.

2 Corinthians 6:4but in every thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters indeed, say they, are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is feeble, and his speech contemptible.

2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was with you, and in want, I was burdensome to no man; for my want the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied; and on every occasion I have kept myself from being burdensome, and will 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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