Philippians 4:12

Contentment Money and wealth Poverty and the vulnerable

¹⁰ Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.

¹¹ I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.

¹³ I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
ASV: I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.
DARBY: I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.
BLB: I know also [how] to be brought low, and I know [how] to abound. In everything and in all things, I have learned the secret also to be full and to hunger, also to abound and to be deficient.

ÅB: jeg vet å leve i ringe kår, jeg vet også å ha overflod; i alt og i alle ting er jeg innvidd, både å mettes og å sulte, både å ha overflod og å lide trang;
OTB: Jeg vet hva det vil si å leve i ydmyke kår, og jeg vet hva det vil si å leve i overflod. Jeg har lært hemmeligheten ved å være tilfreds i enhver situasjon, enten jeg er mett eller sulten, enten jeg lever i overflod eller i mangel.
B1930: jeg vet å leve i ringe kår, jeg vet også å ha overflod; i alt og i alle ting er jeg innvidd, både å mettes og å sulte, både å ha overflod og å lide trang;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 11:29
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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2 Corinthians 12:7–10
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
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2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
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2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
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2 Corinthians 6:4–10
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
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Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
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1 Corinthians 4:9–13
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
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Isaiah 8:11
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
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