Philippians 4:11
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
- KJV
- Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
- WEB
- Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
- ASV
- Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.
- DARBY
- Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me *I* have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.
- BLB
- Not that I speak according to deficiency, for I have learned to be content in that which I am.
- ÅB
- Ikke at jeg sier dette av trang; for jeg har lært å nøyes med det jeg har;
- OTB
- Jeg sier ikke dette fordi jeg er i nød, for jeg har lært å være tilfreds uansett hvilke omstendigheter jeg befinner meg i.
- B1930
- Ikke at jeg sier dette av trang; for jeg har lært å nøies med det jeg har;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 6:6–9
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Read in contextHebrews 13:5–6
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Read in contextMatthew 6:31–34
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Read in contextPhilippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:11–12
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
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