11. 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 ( :- ), 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 ( 2 Corinthians 3:5 ; 1 Timothy 6:6 ; 1 Timothy 6:8 ; Hebrews 13:5 ; compare Jeremiah 2:36 ; Jeremiah 45:5 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"
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