Philippians 4:11

Philippians 4:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
• New International Version (NIV)I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:

Context of Philippians 4:11

9What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you. 10But I rejoiced in [the] Lord greatly, that now however at length ye have revived your thinking of me, though surely ye did also think [of me], but lacked opportunity. Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself. 12I 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. 13I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.

Philippians 4:11 word by word

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• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for Philippians 4:11

• 1 Corinthians 4:11To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,
• 2 Corinthians 6:10as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
• Philippians 3:8But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;
• Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,
• Exodus 2:21And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
• Matthew 6:31Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?
• Luke 3:14And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.
• 1 Timothy 6:6But piety with contentment is great gain.
• Hebrews 10:34For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
• Hebrews 13:5[Let your] conversation [be] without love of money, satisfied with [your] present circumstances; for he has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

Commentaries on Philippians 4:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Not that I speak in respect of want - I am quite unconcerned in this respect; leaving the whole of my support, while bound for the testimony of Jesus, to the providence of God. For I have learned - I am so satisfied with the wise providence and goodness of God, that I know whatever he determines is the best; and therefore I am perfectly contented that he should govern the world in that way which seems best to his godly wisdom. How true is the proverb, A…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Not that I speak in respect of want - Though Paul was doubtless often in circumstances of necessity, yet he did not make these remarks on that account. In his journeys, in his imprisonments, he could not but be at times in want; but be had learned to bear all this; and that which most impressed itself on his mind was the interest which the church ought to show in the cause of religion, and the evidence which it would thus furnish of attachment to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 It is a good work to succour and help a good minister in trouble. The nature of true Christian sympathy, is not only to feel concern for our friends in their troubles, but to do what we can to help them. The apostle was often in bonds, imprisonments, and necessities; but in all, he learned to be content, to bring his mind to his condition, and make the best of it. Pride, unbelief, vain hankering after something we have not got, and fickle…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12As a servant of Christ, Paul has learned to be content with every situation, whether he had plenty or little. His life was filled with the joy that comes from doing the will of God whatever the cost.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I have learned--The I in Greek is emphatical. I leave it to others if they will, to be discontented. I, for my part, have learned, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, and the dealings of Providence (He 5:8), to be content in every state. content--The Greek, literally expresses "independent of others, and having sufficiency in one's self." But Christianity has raised the term above the haughty self-sufficiency of the heathen Stoic to the contentment of…Read the comment

Topics related to Philippians 4:11

• Beneficence
• Church
• Contentment
• Minister, Christian
• Philippi
• Resignation
• Righteousness
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Philippians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings