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Acknowledgment of the Philippians’ Gift

10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived your concern for me. Regarding this, you did care, but you lacked opportunity. 11 I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. 12 I know both how to face humble circumstances and how to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things because of Christ who strengthens me.

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Support for Paul’s Ministry

10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have renewed your concern for me[a], for whom also you were thinking, but you had no opportunity to express it. 11 Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how both to make do with little[b] and I know how to have an abundance[c]. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have an abundance[d] and to go without. 13 I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 4:10 Literally “you have revived to think on behalf of me”
  2. Philippians 4:12 Literally “to be humbled”
  3. Philippians 4:12 Literally “to abound”
  4. Philippians 4:12 Literally “to abound”