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NotοὐχthatὅτιI speakλέγωout ofκαθ’need,ὑστέρησινforγὰρIἐγὼhave learnedἔμαθονinἐνwhatever circumstancesοἷςI amεἰμιto beεἶναιcontent.αὐτάρκης
Philippians 4:11
Study it in the app“Not that I speak out of need, for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am to be content.”
Paul learned to be content, whether hungry or well fedGenerosity and Money
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 4:11, word by word
- I speakλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- needὑστέρησινhysterēsin
need, poverty
Poverty, need.
Where else “hysterēsin” appears- have learnedἔμαθονemathon
learn
To come to know or understand something by teaching or by experience.
Where else “emathon” appears- I amεἰμιeimi
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “eimi” appears- contentαὐτάρκηςautarkēs
content
Content, satisfied with what one has.
Where else “autarkēs” appears
The context
10I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that now at last you have revived your thinking about me, about which you were also thinking, but you lacked opportunity.
11 · This verse (above)
12I know also how to be brought low, I know also how to abound; in everything and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be well fed and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
To study Philippians 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about anxiety, prayer, and the peace of God (v. 6-7)?
2. What it means
Paul says he has learned to be content in any situation (v. 11-13). How does he explain how he did it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to think about what is true, honorable, and praiseworthy (v. 8). What good thing could you think about today?