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Philippians 4:12–13

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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.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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From verse 12

  1. Matthew 11:29Rank 1 from verse 12
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    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  2. 2 Corinthians 12:7–10Rank 2 from verse 12
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    7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

    8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  3. 2 Corinthians 11:27Rank 3 from verse 12
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    27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

  4. 2 Corinthians 11:9Rank 4 from verse 12
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    9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

  5. 2 Corinthians 6:4–10Rank 5 from verse 12
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    4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

    5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

    6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

    7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

    8By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

    9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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

  6. Deuteronomy 32:10Rank 6 from verse 12
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    10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

  7. 1 Corinthians 4:9–13Rank 7 from verse 12
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    9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

    10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

    12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

    13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

  8. Isaiah 8:11Rank 8 from verse 12
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    11¶ For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

  9. 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 9 from verse 12
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    1NOW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

  10. 2 Corinthians 10:10Rank 10 from verse 12
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    10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

  11. 2 Corinthians 11:7Rank 11 from verse 12
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    7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

  12. Ephesians 4:20–21Rank 12 from verse 12
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    20But ye have not so learned Christ;

    21If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

  13. Jeremiah 31:19Rank 13 from verse 12
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    19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

  14. Matthew 13:52Rank 14 from verse 12
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    52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

  15. Nehemiah 9:20Rank 15 from verse 12
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    20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

From verse 13

  1. Isaiah 41:10Rank 1 from verse 13
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    10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

  2. 2 Corinthians 12:9–10Rank 2 from verse 13
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    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  3. Colossians 1:11Rank 3 from verse 13
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    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  4. Ephesians 6:10Rank 4 from verse 13
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    10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

  5. Isaiah 40:29–31Rank 5 from verse 13
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    29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

    30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

    31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  6. Ephesians 3:16Rank 6 from verse 13
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    16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

  7. John 15:7Rank 7 from verse 13
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    7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  8. 2 Corinthians 3:4–5Rank 8 from verse 13
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    4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

    5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

  9. John 15:4–5Rank 9 from verse 13
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

  10. Isaiah 45:24Rank 10 from verse 13
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    24Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

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Philippians 4:12

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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abased

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Brought low or humbled; reduced to a low condition, including need or want.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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abound

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To be plentiful, full, or in excess; to increase, overflow, or possess or supply in abundance.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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instructed

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Taught, trained, informed, directed, counselled, warned, or corrected concerning a matter.

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suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

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need

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Sense 1: Want: occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. Sense 2: To require or lack something necessary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Philippians 4:13

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.

4:11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

4:12I 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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4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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4:14Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

4:15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

4:16For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

4:17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

4:18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

4:19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

4:20Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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