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Philippians 4:11 — Meaning and Application
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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
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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.
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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Philippians 4:1
"Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved."
Philippians 4:2
"I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord."
Philippians 4:3
"And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life."
Philippians 4:4
"Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice."
Philippians 4:5
"Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand."
Philippians 4:6
"Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God."
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