Philippians 4:11. Not that I speak in respect of want. This is not my cause of joy, that what was lacking unto me has been supplied by your bounty. It is not that I have felt want, and have been relieved from it.

for I have learned. The apostle uses three verbs: ‘I have learned,' ‘I know,' ‘I have found the secret,' as though he would mark something progressive in his description of what his life as a Christian preacher has taught him.

in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. He had all with him that he needed in having Christ, and of this sustaining presence the apostle was often assured.

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