Philippians Chapter 4 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
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BBE Philippians 4:13

I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
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DARBY Philippians 4:13

I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.
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KJV Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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WBT Philippians 4:13


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WEB Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
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YLT Philippians 4:13

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;
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Philippians 4 : 13 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me; rather, as R.V., in him that strengtheneth me. The best manuscripts omit the word "Christ" in this place. In him. It is only in Christ, in spiritual union with him, that the Christian is αὐτάρκης, self-sufficient. His presence gives strength to do and suffer all things (comp. 2 Corinthians 12:9).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) I can do all things.--Properly, I have strength in all things, rather (according to the context) to bear than to do. But the universal extension of the maxim beyond the immediate occasion and context is not inadmissible. It represents the ultimate and ideal consciousness of the Christian. The first thing needful is to throw off mere self-sufficiency, to know our weakness and sin, and accept the salvation of God's free grace in Christ; the next, to find the "strength made perfect in weakness," and in that to be strong.Through Christ which strengtheneth me.--The word "Christ" is not found in the best MSS.; it is a gloss, perhaps suggested by 1Timothy 1:12, where we have exactly the same phrase, "Christ Jesus, our Lord, who hath enabled me." The same word is used in Ephesians 6:10, "Be strong (strengthened within) in the Lord." In this sentence we have the world-wide distinction between the Stoic and the Christian. Each teaches respect for the higher humanity in the soul; but to the one that humanity is our own, to the other it is "the Christ within," dwelling in the heart, regenerating and conforming it to Himself. The words of St. Paul are but a practical corollary to the higher truth (comp. Philippians 1:21) "To me to live is Christ." In this consciousness alone is any thoughtful teaching of "self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-distrust," intelligible and coherent.