Philippians 4:10-17

Tree of Life Version

The Secret of Contentment

¹⁰ I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me (though you were concerned before but lacked opportunity to show it). ¹¹ I am not saying this because I am in need—for whatever circumstance I am in, I have learned to be content. ¹² I know what it is to live with humble means, and I know what it is to live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment—both to be filled and to go hungry, to have abundance and to suffer need. ¹³ I can do all things through Messiah^[a] who strengthens me.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my trouble. ¹⁵ Now you Philippians also know that in the beginning of the Good News, when I left Macedonia, not a single community partnered with me in giving and receiving—except you alone. ¹⁶ For even in Thessalonica you sent something for my need more than once. ¹⁷ Not that I am looking for a gift, but for fruit that overflows to your credit.