Likewise the soldiers also were asking him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages."
Philippians 4:11 - English Majority Text Version Not that I am speaking with respect to need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. American Standard Version (1901) Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. Common English Bible I’m not saying this because I need anything, for I have learned how to be content in any circumstance. Catholic Public Domain Version I am not saying this as if out of need. For I have learned that, in whatever state I am, it is sufficient. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith. |
Likewise the soldiers also were asking him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages."
in labor and hardship, in sleepless nights often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet on account of you He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that in everything always having all sufficiency, you may abound for every good work,
More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
For you sympathized with me in my chains, and you received the plunder of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and enduring possession in heaven.