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Philippians 4:11 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Philippians 4:11

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9

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

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. {hath...: or, is revived}

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 things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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