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Philippians 4:12
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound; everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound; everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Verse 12. _I KNOW - HOW TO BE ABASED_] I have passed through all these states; I know how to conduct myself in each, and how to extract good from all. And he had passed through these things, especial...
I KNOW BOTH HOW TO BE ABASED - To be in circumstances of want. AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND - To have an abundance. lie had been in circumstances where he had an ample supply for all his needs, and knew w...
IV. CHRIST, THE BELIEVER'S STRENGTH, SUFFICIENT FOR ALL CIRCUMSTANCES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Stand fast and rejoice (Philippians 4:1)_ 2. Dependence on God and true heart occupation (Philippians 4:5) 3. I...
PHP_4:10-18. THANKS FOR THE GIFTS. The Philippians had sent assistance to Paul several times. They had begun when he was at Thessalonica, sending there twice. Now Epaphroditus has been bringing a more...
GREAT THINGS IN THE LORD (Php_4:1) _ 4:1 So, then, my brothers, whom I love and yearn for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved._ Through this passage breathes the warmth of Paul's a...
I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that now at length you have made your thoughtfulness for me to blossom again. That was a matter indeed about which you were always thoughtful, but you had no opportunity...
KNOW. App-132. BE ABASED. See Philippians 2:8, and 2 Corinthians 11:7. EVERY WHERE. in (App-104.) every (place), AM INSTRUCTED. Literally have been initiated into the secret. Gr _mueo,_ to initiate...
_to be abased_ "To be _low_," in resources and comforts. The word is used in classical Greek of a river running low. _to abound_ as now, in the plenty the Philippians had provided. This experience, a...
ΟἾΔΑ ΚΑῚ ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΥ͂ΣΘΑΙ. Apparently he would have written οἶδα καὶ τ. καὶ περισσεύειν: but a second οἶδα is thrown in for emphasis. See Lightfoot’s note.—“I know both how to be abased.” For this use of...
LOVING THANKS FOR THEIR ALMS, BROUGHT BY EPAPHRODITUS...
ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΎΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΤΑΠΕΙΝΌΩ (G5013) унижать; _pass._ быть униженным. Здесь относится к области скорее физической, чем моральной или духовной, и обозначат нужды каждодневной жизни (EGT...
DISCOURSE: 2163 CONTENTMENT Philippians 4:11. _I have learned, in whatsoever slate I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things...
I AM INSTRUCTED— "I find myself initiated, as it were, into this great mystery." This is well known to be the peculiar sense of the word μεμοημαι; and it seems as if the Apostle, by the choice of this...
11. NOT THAT I SPEAK IN RESPECT OF WANT: FOR I HAVE LEARNED, IN WHATSOEVER STATE 1 AM, THEREIN TO BE CONTENT. 12. I KNOW HOW TO BE ABASED, AND I KNOW ALSO HOW TO ABOUND: IN EVERYTHING AND IN ALL THING...
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. ABASED - in low circumstan...
__ Exhortation to Imitate Paul fact that in him alone do we see the resurrection life of Christ interpreted in terms of present conduct. Christ's earthly life needs no such interpretation, so none of...
Final Charge. Acknowledgement of Philippian Bounty _VI. Closing Exhortations (Philippians 4:1)_ § 15. Philippians 4:1. With heightened feeling St. Paul resumes the vein of exhortation commenced in Ph...
LETTER OF JOY Paul’s Letter to the Philippians _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 PAUL APPEALS FOR A STEADY *FAITH AND FOR UNITY 4:1-3 V1 So then, my dear brothers and sisters, whom I love and I want very...
(10-20) These verses form a singularly graceful and dignified postscript, acknowledging the offerings of the Philippians sent by Epaphroditus, in a tone mingling apostolic commendation and blessing wi...
EVERY WHERE AND IN ALL THINGS. — The original has no such distinction of the two words. It is, _in all and everything;_ in life as a whole, and in all its separate incidents. I AM INSTRUCTED. — The wo...
CHAPTER 19 GIFTS AND SACRIFICES. Philippians 4:10 (R.V). THE Apostle had urged joy. in the Lord, and a moderation visible to all men. If any one supposes that in doing so he recommended a stoical te...
οἶδα κ. τ. λ. καί must be read with all good authorities. The one καί must be correlative to the other, unless he intended to continue the sentence without the second οἶδα (see an excellent note on κα...
DELICATE EXPRESSION OF THANKS FOR THEIR GIFT....
“MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY EVERY NEED” Philippians 4:10 The Apostle had been glad to receive the gifts of his friends, because these evidenced their earnest religious life. It was fruit that increased to t...
Passing from particular to general instruction, the apostle first enjoined the grace of rejoicing. Twice he repeated his injunction. Moreover, he charged the Philippians that forbearance toward all me...
I know both how to be (l) abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am (m) instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. (l) He uses a genera...
(10) В¶ But 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. (11) Not that I speak in respect of wan...
There is no epistle in the New Testament which gives so little space to the development of. doctrine as this to the Philippians. Need it be said that it has not the less its own proper office on that...
12_I know both how to be abased _There follows here a distinction, with the view of intimating that he has a mind adapted to bear any kind of condition. (248) Prosperity is wont to puff up the mind be...
The Philippians were therefore to stand fast in the Lord. This is difficult when the general tone is lowered; painful also, for one's walk becomes much more solitary, and the hearts of others are stra...
I KNOW BOTH HOW TO BE ABASED,.... Or "humbled"; to be treated with indignity and contempt, to be trampled upon by man, to suffer hardships and distress, to be in a very mean and low condition, to work...
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. Ver. 12. _I know both how, &...
_Not that I speak in respect of want_ As if he had said, I do not speak thus feelingly of the renewal of your care because I was unhappy in poverty; _for I have learned_ From God, he only can teach th...
TO BE ABASED; to be destitute. TO ABOUND; to have an abundance. INSTRUCTED; literally, initiated, as into something of which the world at large is ignorant. God has taught me to bear prosperity with...
His heart overflowing at the contemplation of such an Object, the apostle in Ch.4 dwells upon the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus to supremely satisfy the soul. If in Ch.3 Christ is his Object in Glory,...
The Secret of Contentment 1 Peter 4:10-23 1. KEY WORDS 10 Greatly, flourished, careful, opportunity 11 Want, learned, state, content 12 Abased, abound, full, hungry, need 13 Can do, through, str...
“I KNOW HOW TO BE ABASED, AND. KNOW ALSO HOW TO ABOUND: IN EVERYTHING AND IN ALL THINGS HAVE. LEARNED THE SECRET BOTH TO BE FILLED AND TO BE HUNGRY, BOTH TO ABOUND AND TO BE IN WANT” “I know how”:. kn...
10-19 It is a good work to succour and help a good minister in trouble. The nature of true Christian sympathy, is not only to feel concern for our friends in their troubles, but to do what we can to...
He explains the equality of his mind he had through grace attained to, in a free submission to God, either in the absence or affluence of external good things. I KNOW BOTH HOW TO BE ABASED; in a mean...
Php_4:12 G1161 know G1492 (G5758) abased G5013 (G5745) and G2532 know G1492 (G5758) abound G4052 (G5721) Everywhere...
A FINAL EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FOR THEIR CONCERN ABOUT HIM AS REVEALED IN THE GIFT THAT EPAPHRODITUS HAD BROUGHT (PHILIPPIANS 4:10). Paul has taken the opportunity provided by Epaphroditus' return to...
‘I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. I can do all th...
_He rejoices ever their Liberality_, _because it is a proof of the fruits of their Faith,_ 10-20. Now the apostle, before he closes his letter, turns once again to personal matters. He is rejoiced tha...
Philippians 4:12. I KNOW HOW TO BE ABASED. This was his ‘imitation of Christ,' of whom, using the same word he has before said, ‘He humbled Himself' (Philippians 2:8), and be employs the same expressi...
I KNOW HOW (οιδα). Followed by the infinitive οιδα has this sense. So here twice, with ταπεινουσθα, to be humbled, from ταπεινος, and with περισσευειν, to overflow.HAVE I LEARNED THE SECRET (μεμυη...
Philippians 4:12 All men have owned that the knowledge which Paul claimed is not an easy one to win or keep. To know how to be poor! Plenty of people there are who are set down to the hard lesson. Ple...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the lord, my dearly beloved._ Paul had a very warm affection for the church at Philippi. You...
Philippians 4:1. _Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, do stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved._ You know that the church at Philippi was very dear to the apos...
This Epistle was written by Paul when he was in prison, with iron fetters about his wrists; yet there is no iron in the Epistle. It is full of light, life, love, and joy, blended with traces of sorro...
CONTENTS: Christ the believer's strength and source of joy and peace. Giver of victory over anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Euodias, Syntyche, Clement. CONCLUSION: The believer's hope and pro...
Philippians 4:6. _Be careful for nothing let your requests be made known unto God._ Not that we are to abandon all care, or become careless, about the things of the present life, for that would be inc...
I KNOW WHAT IT IS. This explains the "I have learned to be satisfied" of Philippians 4:11. Compare 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 and notes....
_Not that I speak in respect of want _ CONTENTMENT I. The great lesson. “I have learned,” etc. Man might very correctly be distinguished as the discontented animal. 1. We are not content with life...
_I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound _ THE CHRISTIAN I. Expects vicissitude. II. Knows how to adapt himself to all circumstances. III. Is instructed by the spirit of God. (_J. L...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:12 I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME. This does not mean God will bless whatever a person does. It means God gives believers the strength to do whate...
PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:1 Concluding Encouragement and Thanksgiving. Paul calls for reconciliation, joyful faith, and disciplined thinking....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philippians 4:10. HATH FLOURISHED AGAIN.—R.V. “ye have revived your thought for me.” The active generosity of the Philippians towards St. Paul had never died, any more...
EXPOSITION PHILIPPIANS 4:1 THEREFORE, MY BRETHREN DEARLY BELOVED AND LONGED FOR, MY JOY AND CROWN. The apostle here, as in 1 Corinthians 15:58, urges the hope of a glorious resurrection as an incent...
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for (Philippians 4:1), What a beautiful words by Paul to the church, expressing his heart, just bearing his heart to them, "Dearly beloved, I long for...
1 Corinthians 4:9; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:27;...
I am instructed [μ ε μ υ η μ α ι]. Rev., have I learned the secret. The metaphor is from the initiatory rites of the pagan mysteries. I have been initiated. See on Colossians 1:26. To be full [χ ο ρ...
I know how to be abased — Having scarce what is needful for my body. And to abound — Having wherewith to relieve others also. Presently after, the order of the words is inverted, to intimate his frequ...