Vincent Word Studies - Philippians 4:11

Vincent Word Studies - Philippians 4:11 - 4:11

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Vincent Word Studies - Philippians 4:11 - 4:11

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16
4:18 - 4:18
4:19 - 4:19
4:22 - 4:22

Content (αὐτάρκης)

Lit., self-sufficient. Only here in the New Testament. A stoic word, expressing the favorite doctrine of the sect, that man should be sufficient to himself for all things; able, by the power of his own will, to resist the shock of circumstance. Paul is self-sufficient through the power of the new self: not he, but Christ in him. The kindred noun αὐταρκεία sufficiency, occurs 2Co 9:8; 1Ti 6:6.