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'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' In the passage around it, what is Paul actually talking about?

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The answer

In Philippians 4:11-13 Paul says he has 'learned the secret' of being content whether well-fed or hungry, in plenty or in need — and it's there that he writes, 'I can do all things through him who strengthens me.' The strength is for enduring, not for winning.

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Why it’s interesting

It's a verse people carry into games and exams and big ambitions, and its home is a letter written from prison about needing very little. Reading one more sentence on either side changes what the famous line is for.

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