The Secret of Contentment
Philippians 4:12
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…


It was the beautiful expression of a Christian, who had been rich, when he was asked how he could bear his reduced state so happily, "When I was rich, I had God in everything, and now I am poor I have everything in God."



Parallel Verses
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.

WEB: I know how to be humbled, 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 need.




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