Philippians 4:12
Philippians · New Testament · Chapter 4
“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.”Philippians 4:12
What Does Philippians 4:12 Mean?
Philippians 4:12 is found in the book of Philippians, chapter 4, verse 12 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Philippians 4:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 11:29“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”2 Corinthians 12:7“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.”2 Corinthians 11:27“In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.”2 Corinthians 11:9“And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.”2 Corinthians 6:4“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,”Philippians 4:18“But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.”Deuteronomy 32:10“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.”1 Corinthians 4:11“Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;”Isaiah 8:11“For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,”1 Corinthians 4:9“For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.”Luke 6:25“Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.”1 Kings 13:14“And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.”Nehemiah 9:20“Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.”Jeremiah 31:19“Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.”Matthew 13:52“Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.”2 Corinthians 10:1“Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:”2 Corinthians 10:10“For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”2 Corinthians 11:7“Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?”Ephesians 4:20“But ye have not so learned Christ;”
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