Philippians 4:11

Not that I speak from want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

In Context

10But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your care for me; indeed, you did care, but you lacked opportunity.

12I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound: in all circumstances I have learned how to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:31Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

1 Corinthians 4:11Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are ill-clothed, and are buffeted, and are homeless;

2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.

2 Corinthians 11:27In toil and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and nakedness.

1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment 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 →

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