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Philippians 4:11–12

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11Not that I speak 1from want, for I learned to be 2acontent in whatever circumstances I am.

12I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going ahungry, both of having abundance and bsuffering need.

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Philippians 4:11: Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

Footnotes

  1. 1Lit according to
  2. 2Or self-sufficient

Cross references

  1. a2 Cor 9:8; 1 Tim 6:6, 8; Heb 13:5
  2. a1 Cor 4:11
  3. b2 Cor 11:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself. I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.

NLTNew Living Translation

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how both to make do with little and I know how to have an abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have an abundance and to go without.

KJV 1900King James Version

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 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.