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Philippians 4:11

WEB

11Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

KJV

11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

BSB

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

FBV

11I'm not talking about my own needs, because I've already learned to be satisfied in whatever situation I find myself.

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Extra References

1 Timothy 6:6-9

6[+] But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly cant carry anything out. 8But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.


Hebrews 13:5-6

5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”6So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”


Matthew 6:31-34

31Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.


2 Corinthians 9:8

8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.


Philippians 3:8

8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ


2 Corinthians 6:10

10as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.


1 Corinthians 4:11-12

11Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place. 12We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.


2 Corinthians 8:9

9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.


Hebrews 10:34

34For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.


2 Corinthians 11:27

27in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.