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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul talks about the Philippian believers having supported him financially and ends with greetings and thanks.
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# to be content
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"to be satisfied" or "to be happy"
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# in all circumstances
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"no matter what my situation is"
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# I know what it is to be poor ... to have plenty
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Paul knows how to live happily having either no possessions or many possessions. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# how to be well-fed or to be hungry, and how to have an abundance or to be in need
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize that he has learned how to be content in any situation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# I can do all things through him who strengthens me
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"I can do all things because Christ gives me strength"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rejoice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
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