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Philippians 4:12 KJV
Philippians · chapter 4 · verse 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.Philippians 4:12 · King James Version
Philippians 4:12 in context
10But 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.
11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12I 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.
13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
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Key words (Strong's)
- instructedmyeōto initiate into the mysteries, to teach fully, instruct, to accustom one to a thing, to…G3453 →
- abasedtapeinoōto make low, bring low, to level, reduce to a plain, metaph. to bring into a humble…G5013 →
- aboundperisseuōto exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or…G4052 →
- hungrypeinaōto hunger, be hungry, to suffer want, to be needy, metaph. to crave ardently, to seek…G3983 →
- knoweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- fullchortazōto feed with herbs, grass, hay, to fill, satisfy with food, to fatten, of animals, to…G5526 →
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In these verses we have the thankful grateful acknowledgment which the apostle makes of the kindness of the Philippians in sending him a present for his support, now that he was a prisoner at Rome. And here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-19