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, both to abound and to suffer need.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I know both how to be abased,.... Or "humbled"; to be treated with indignity and contempt, to be trampled upon by man,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I know both how to be abased - To be in circumstances of want. And I know how to abound - To have an abundance. lie had…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I know - how to be abased - I have passed through all these states; I know how to conduct myself in each, and how to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Philippians 4:10-19
In these verses we have the thankful grateful acknowledgment which the apostle makes of the kindness of the Philippians…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to be abased "To be low," in resources and comforts. The word is used in classical Greek of a river running low.
to…
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