Philippians 4:12 “I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every…”

Philippians 4:12

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

American Standard Version

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I can be abased, and I can abounde: euery where in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungrie, and to abounde, and to haue want.

Darby Translation

I 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.

Young's Literal Translation

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

Bible in Basic English

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

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Cross references

“how to be”

2 Corinthians 12:7–10 2 Corinthians 11:27 2 Corinthians 6:4–10 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 2 Corinthians 10:1 2 Corinthians 10:10

2 Corinthians 12:7–10 · BSB

or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

2 Corinthians 11:27 · BSB

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

2 Corinthians 6:4–10 · BSB

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

1 Corinthians 4:9–13 · BSB

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

2 Corinthians 10:1 · BSB

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

2 Corinthians 10:10 · BSB

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

“I am”

Matthew 11:29 Deuteronomy 32:10 Isaiah 8:11 Nehemiah 9:20 Jeremiah 31:19 Matthew 13:52

Matthew 11:29 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 32:10 · BSB

He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

Isaiah 8:11 · BSB

For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

Nehemiah 9:20 · BSB

You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

Jeremiah 31:19 · BSB

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Matthew 13:52 · BSB

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Also

2 Corinthians 11:9

2 Corinthians 11:9 · BSB

And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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