Philippians 4:11
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I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith.

in respect.

1 Corinthians 4:11,12 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no fixed abode. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many: as having nothing and possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich he became poor for your sakes: that through his poverty you might be rich.

2 Corinthians 11:27 In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

I have.

Philippians 3:8 Furthermore, I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ.

Genesis 28:20 And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Exodus 2:21 And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

Matthew 6:31-34 Be not solicitous therefore, saying: What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? . . .

Luke 3:14 And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man, neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay.

1 Timothy 6:6-9 But godliness with contentment is great gain. . . .

Hebrews 10:34 For you both had compassion on them that were in bands and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance.

Hebrews 13:5,6 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee. . . .

Context
The Generosity of the Philippians
10Now I rejoice in the Lord exceedingly that now at length your thought for me hath flourished again, as you did also think; but you were busied. 11I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith. 12I know both how to be brought low, 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.…
Cross References
Luke 3:14
And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man, neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay.

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound in you: that ye always, having all sufficiently in all things, may abound to every good work,

1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.

Hebrews 13:5
Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

Lexicon
I am not saying this
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

out of
καθ’ (kath’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

need,
ὑστέρησιν (hysterēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5304: Poverty, want, need. A falling short, i.e., penury.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

have learned
ἔμαθον (emathon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3129: Prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn.

to be
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

content
αὐτάρκης (autarkēs)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 842: Self-sufficient, contented, satisfied, independent. From autos and arkeo; self-complacent, i.e. Contented.

regardless of my circumstances.
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.


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

Not that I speak as to destitution, for I have learned to be content in that which I am.

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

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

Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.

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

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, with that to be content.

I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part)

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

not that in respect of want I say it, for I did learn in the things in which I am -- to be content;
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