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11. καθʼ ὑστέρησιν. “In terms of need.” Vulg., propter penuriam. See Mar 12:44 for the only other occurrence of the noun in Biblical Greek; ἐκ τῆς ὑστερήσεως αὐτῆς πάντα … ἔβαλεν (de penuria sua, Vulg.).
ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔμαθον. “For I” (with a slight emphasis) “have learned.” Here the English perfect (A.V. and R.V.) well represents the Greek aorist.
ἐν οἷς εἰμὶ. “In the position in which I am placed” (Lightfoot). It is obviously a contracted construction, for ἐν ἐκείνοις ἐν κτλ.
αὐτάρκης. Literally, “self-sufficing”; i.e. independent of circumstances. Omnia sua secum portat. The adjective occurs here only in N.T.; rarely in LXX.—For αὐτάρκεια see 2Co 9:8, πᾶσαν ἀ. ἔχοντες (through fulness of grace): 1Ti 6:6, πορισμὸς μέγας ἡ εὐσέβεια μετʼ αὐταρκείας. Aristotle defines τὸ αὔταρκες as τὰ πάντα ὑπάρχειν καὶ δεῖσθαι μηθενός (Polit. vii. 5 init.). And this is just the Apostle’s consciousness, in his possession of Christ under all circumstances.