Philippians 4:13
11 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.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- KJV
- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- WEB
- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
- ASV
- I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
- DARBY
- I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.
- BLB
- I have strength [for] all things in the One empowering me.
- ÅB
- jeg formår alt i ham som gjør meg sterk.
- OTB
- Jeg kan gjøre alt gjennom Ham som gir meg styrke.
- B1930
- jeg formår alt i ham som gjør mig sterk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Short explanation
“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” In context it is about managing both having little and having much. It is a verse about endurance and contentment, not about everything being possible.
Context: Paul thanks the church for a gift and tells them he has learned to be content.
See also: Philippians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 12:9
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Cross references
Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9–10
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Read in contextEphesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Read in contextColossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Read in contextIsaiah 40:29–31
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Read in contextEphesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Read in contextJohn 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:4–5
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
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