Philippians 4:12

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I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. In every circumstance, I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in need.

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  • 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
  • 2 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited. 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-9 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger; 6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love; 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left; 8 through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet truthful; 9 as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • 2 Cor 11:7 : 7 Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
  • Deut 32:10 : 10 He found him in a desolate land, in a barren wasteland with howling winds. He surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the apple of His eye.
  • Neh 9:20 : 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.
  • Isa 8:11 : 11 For this is what the Lord said to me with a strong hand, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
  • Jer 31:19 : 19 After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 Then he said to them, "For this reason, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom both new treasures and old ones."
  • 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole world—to angels as well as to men. 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it. 13 When we are slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the scum of the earth, the refuse of all, even until now.
  • Eph 4:20-21 : 20 But that is not the way you learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus.

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  • Phil 4:9-11
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    9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

    10I greatly rejoiced in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you lacked the opportunity to show it.

    11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

  • Phil 4:13-14
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    13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

    14Yet it was kind of you to share in my troubles.

  • Phil 4:17-19
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    17Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

    18I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

    19And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 12:9-11
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    9But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

    11I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

  • 2 Cor 11:9
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    9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.

  • 2 Cor 9:8
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    8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in every way, at all times, having all that you need, you may abound in every good work.

  • 1 Cor 4:11-12
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    11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless.

    12We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

  • Phil 3:8
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    8Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,

  • 2 Cor 6:10
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    10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and those of my companions.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

  • Phil 4:4-6
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    4Rejoice in the Lord always! I will say it again: Rejoice!

    5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

    6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

  • Phil 1:18-19
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    18What does it matter? Regardless, in every way—whether from false motives or in truth—Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.

    19For I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will result in my deliverance.

  • Phil 1:12
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    12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 8:14-15
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    14At the present time, your abundance should meet their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need—so that there may be equality.

    15As it is written: 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.'

  • Phil 3:10
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    10I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

  • 2 Cor 11:27
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    27I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

  • 2 Cor 8:9
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    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12so that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2In the midst of a severe trial brought by affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty overflowed into abundant generosity.

  • Job 13:2
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    2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

  • 1 Cor 9:22
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    22To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12I beg you, brothers: Become like me, for I also became like you. You have done me no wrong.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

  • 1 Cor 4:4
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    4I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • 2 Tim 1:12
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    12That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

  • 2 Cor 12:3
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    3And I know such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know; God knows—

  • Phil 1:22
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    22Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful labor for me. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

  • 2 Cor 4:8
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    8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For this reason, I also wrote to you, to test you and see if you are obedient in everything.

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5That in every way you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

  • Phil 3:12
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    12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

  • 2 Cor 7:16
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    16I rejoice that I have complete confidence in you.