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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Je sais vivre dans l'humiliation, et je sais vivre dans l'abondance. En tout et partout j'ai appris à être rassasié et à avoir faim, à être dans l'abondance et à être dans la disette.
KJV
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.
Photius Constantinople_PG 101 104
Fragmenta in epistulam ad Philippenses
ν των παντων υποταγην; του δε υιου υποτασσοντος και ο πατηρ υποτασσει· κοινα γαρ τα πατρος και υιου. Phil 4,11–18 Ουχ οτι καθ' υστερησιν. ειπον οτι εχαρην εν κυριωι μεγαλως οτι ανεθαλετε το υπερ εμου φρονειν. αλλα μη νομισητε, φησιν, ειπειν με τουτο δια την υστερησιν ην ειχον· εγ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
st neither in eating nor in abstaining, but in bearing want patiently." Wherefore the Apostle says ( Phil. 4:12 ): "I know . . . both to abound and to suffer need." Now bishops especially are bound to despise all things for the honor of God and the spiritual welfare of their floc…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
ndance lift up, nor want cast down, but as Paul spoke, “I know how to abound, and to suffer want.” [ Phil 4:12 ] Jerome: Some copies read, “Wisdom is justified of her works,” for wisdom does not seek the witness of words, but of works. Chrys.: You should not be surprised at His u…
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