Philippians 4:12

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.

11 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.

13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with 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 of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

    And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:27

    In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:9

    And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:4–10

    But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:9–13

    For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

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  • Isaiah 8:11

    For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

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