New American Standard Bible 1995

Philippians 4:11-18

11Not that I speak 1from want, for I have learned to be 2 3content in whatever circumstances I am. 12I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going 4hungry, both of having abundance and 5suffering need. 13I can do all things 6through Him who 7strengthens me. 14Nevertheless, you have done well to 8share with me in my affliction.

15You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the 9 10first preaching of the gospel, after I left 11Macedonia, no church 12shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; 16for even in 13Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. 17 14Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the 15profit which increases to your account. 18But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am 16amply supplied, having received from 17Epaphroditus 18what you have sent, 19 20a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

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Notes

1. Philippians 4:11 Lit according to ↩
2. Philippians 4:11 Or self-sufficient ↩
3. Philippians 4:11 2 Cor 9:8; 1 Tim 6:6, 8; Heb 13:5 ↩
4. Philippians 4:12 1 Cor 4:11 ↩
5. Philippians 4:12 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
6. Philippians 4:13 Lit in ↩
7. Philippians 4:13 2 Cor 12:9; Eph 3:16; Col 1:11 ↩
8. Philippians 4:14 Heb 10:33; Rev 1:9 ↩
9. Philippians 4:15 Lit beginning of ↩
10. Philippians 4:15 Phil 1:5 ↩
11. Philippians 4:15 Rom 15:26 ↩
12. Philippians 4:15 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
13. Philippians 4:16 Acts 17:1; 1 Thess 2:9 ↩
14. Philippians 4:17 1 Cor 9:11f; 2 Cor 9:5 ↩
15. Philippians 4:17 Lit fruit ↩
16. Philippians 4:18 Lit made full ↩
17. Philippians 4:18 Phil 2:25 ↩
18. Philippians 4:18 Lit the things from you ↩
19. Philippians 4:18 Lit an odor of fragrance ↩
20. Philippians 4:18 Ex 29:18; 2 Cor 2:14; Eph 5:2 ↩

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