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Philippians 4:12

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οἶδαoidaI know
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
ταπεινοῦσθαι,tapeinousthai[how] to be brought low,G5013 →
οἶδαoidaI know
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
περισσεύειν·perisseuein[how] to abound;G4052 →
ἐνenInG1722 →
παντὶpantieverythingG3956 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
πᾶσινpasinall thingsG3956 →
μεμύημαιmemuēmaiI have learned the secretG3453 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
χορτάζεσθαιchortazesthaito be fullG5526 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πεινᾶνpeinanto hungerG3983 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
περισσεύεινperisseueinto aboundG4052 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὑστερεῖσθαι·hustereisthaito be deficient;G5302 →

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Matthew 11:29Take 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 Corinthians 12:7–10or 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 11:27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.2 Corinthians 11:9And 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.2 Corinthians 6:4–10Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.Deuteronomy 32:10He 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.1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.1 Corinthians 4:9–13For 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.Isaiah 8:11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:Matthew 13:52Then 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.”2 Corinthians 10:10For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”Ephesians 4:20–21But this is not the way you came to know Christ.2 Corinthians 10:1Now 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 11:7Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?Nehemiah 9:20You 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 31:19After 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.’

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The Arrival at Calvary — obedient unto death — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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