Philippians 4:11

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“Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.”

— WEB

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”

— KJV

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.”

— ASV

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1 Timothy 6:6-9 "But godliness with contentment is great gain."
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Commentary

I have learned--The I in Greek is emphatical. I leave it to others if they will, to be discontented. I, for my part, have learned, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, and the dealings of Providence (Heb 5:8), to be content in every state. content--The Greek, literally expresses "independent of others, and having sufficiency in one's self." But Christianity has raised the term above the haughty self-sufficiency of the heathen Stoic to the contentment of the Christian, whose sufficiency is not in self, but in God (Co2 3:5; Ti1 6:6, Ti1 6:8; Heb 13:5; compare Jer 2:36; Jer 45:5).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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