Key Verse Spotlight
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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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}
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, {therewith} to be content.
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.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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