Philippians 4:12 — Bible Verse (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.”
Philippians 4:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Philippians 4:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Philippians 4:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.”
Philippians 4:12 — World English Bible
Philippians 4:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Philippians 4:12 — American Standard Version
Philippians 4:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.”
Philippians 4:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Philippians 4:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation. ”
Philippians 4:12 — Darby Translation
Philippians 4:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I can be abased, and I can abounde: euery where in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungrie, and to abounde, and to haue want.”
Philippians 4:12 — Geneva Bible
Philippians 4:12 in Context — Philippians 4
10 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 want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 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.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
What Does Philippians 4:12 Mean?
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