Philippians 4:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I speake not because of necessitie. For I haue learned, in whatsoeuer estate I am, therwith to be content.

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  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath. 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde, and it is certayne that we may carry nought away. 8 But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content. 9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldely saye, the Lorde is my helper, and I wyll not feare what man way do vnto me.
  • Matt 6:31-34 : 31 Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eate? or, what shall we drynke? or, wherewith shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. 33 But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you. 34 Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe. Sufficient vnto the day, is the euyll therof.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe,
  • 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes,
  • 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 In labour & trauayle, in watchinges often, in hunger and thirst, in fastinges often, in colde and nakednesse,
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes, & toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse: knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorowyng, and yet alway merie: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauyng nothyng, and yet possessyng all thynges.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made rich.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
  • 1 Cor 4:11-12 : 11 Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwellyng place. 12 And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:
  • Exod 2:21 : 21 And Moyses was content to dwell with the man: & he gaue Moyses Sephora his daughter:

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  • Phil 4:12-14
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    12 I knowe howe to be lowe, and I knowe howe to exceade. Euery where & in all thynges I am instructed, both to be ful, and to be hungry, both to haue plentie, and to suffer neede.

    13 I can do all thynges through Christe, which strengtheneth me.

    14 Notwithstandyng, ye haue well done yt ye dyd communicate to my afflictions.

  • 8 But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.

  • Phil 4:9-10
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    9 Which ye haue both learned, and receaued, and hearde, and seene in me: Those thinges do, and the God of peace shalbe with you.

    10 But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly, that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me, in ye wherin ye were also carefull, but ye lacked oportunitie.

  • Phil 4:17-19
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    17 Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.

    18 But I haue receaued al, & haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges which were sent from you, an odoure of a sweete smel, a sacrifice acceptable, plesaunt to God.

    19 My God shall supplie all your neede, through his riches in glorie, in Christe Iesus.

  • Phil 4:4-7
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    4 Reioyce in the Lorde alway, and agayne I say reioyce.

    5 Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men: The Lorde is at hande.

    6 Be carefull for nothyng: but in all thynges, let your petition be manifest vnto God, in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes.

    7 And the peace of God, which passeth all vnderstandyng, shall kepe your heartes and myndes through Christe Iesus.

  • 6 Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath.

  • 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee.

  • 9 And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

  • Phil 1:17-19
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    17 But the others of loue, knowing that I am set to the defence of the Gospell.

    18 What then? So that Christe be preached any maner of way, whether it be by pretence, or by trueth, I ioy therein, and wyll ioy.

    19 For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation, through your prayer, and ministryng of the spirite of Iesus Christe,

  • 17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God.

  • 10 Therfore haue I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguishes for Christes sake: For when I am weake, then am I strong.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3 With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you, either of mans iudgement: No, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

    4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde.

  • 12 That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.

  • 16 I reioyce that I may be bolde in you in all thynges.

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    13 Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

    14 But that there be equalnesse nowe at this tyme, and that your aboundaunce may succour their lacke, and that their aboundaunce maye supplie your lacke, that there may be equalitie.

    15 As it written: He that had much, had not the more aboundaunce, and he that had litle, had not the lesse.

  • 12 Not as though I had alredy attayned, either were alredy perfect: but I folowe, yf that I may comprehende, wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus.

  • Phil 1:21-23
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    21 For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage.

    22 But if I lyue in the fleshe, this (is) the fruite of my labour, and what I shall chose, I wote not.

    23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.

  • 33 I haue desired no mans syluer, golde, or vesture.

  • 4 For whatsoeuer thynges haue ben written afore time, were written for our learnyng, that we through pacience and comfort of ye scriptures might haue hope.

  • 15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

  • Phil 1:11-12
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    11 Beyng fylled with the fruites of righteousnesse, which are by Iesus Christ, vnto the glorie and prayse of God.

    12 But I woulde ye should vnderstande brethren, that the thinges which came vnto me, hath come rather vnto the furtheraunce of the Gospell:

  • 2 Continue in prayer, and watche in the same with thankes geuyng:

  • 8 Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

  • 4 I am very bolde ouer you, I reioyce greatly in you. I am fylled with comfort, and am exceedyng ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • 5 That in all thynges ye are made riche in hym, in all vtteraunce, & in all knowledge:

  • 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes, & toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse: knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce.

  • 4 That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake.

  • 11 Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwellyng place.

  • 4 Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe. If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe, more I:

  • 20 For I haue no man lyke mynded, who wyll naturally care for your state.

  • 4 ( Alwayes in all my prayer for all you, makyng prayer with gladnesse,)

  • 30 Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare in me.

  • 18 In all thinges geue thankes. For this is the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.

  • 8 We are troubled on euery syde, yet are we not without shyft. We are in pouertie, but not vtterly without somewhat.