After John 3:16, Philippians 4:13 is one of the most-searched verses in the Bible, and is often linked with athletes seeking to inspire victory and. ![]() The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions leave out the word "Christ", and only read "him" and so the Alexandrian copy and others but intend Christ as those that express it: strength to perform duty and to bear sufferings is in Christ, and which he communicates to his people he strengthens them with strength in their souls, internally, as the word here used signifies by virtue of which they can do whatever he enjoins them or calls them to, though without him they can do nothing. In the midst of a challenging feat we might wonder if it’s appropriate to claim Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. It isn’t too fun, but the words from a very well-known Bible verse always find a way into my remembrance ‘I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me’ (Philippians 4:13). 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. This year’s theme, ‘I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,’ builds upon that trust. ![]() Which must not be understood in the greatest latitude, and without any limitation for the apostle was not omnipotent, either in himself, or by the power of Christ nor could he do all things that Christ could do but it must be restrained to the subject matter treated of: the sense is, that he could be content in every state, and could know how to behave himself in adversity and prosperity, amidst both poverty and plenty yea, it may be extended to all the duties incumbent on him both as a Christian and as an apostle, as to exercise a conscience void of offence towards God and men to take the care of all the churches to labour more abundantly than others in preaching the Gospel and to bear all afflictions, reproaches, and persecutions for the sake of it yea, he could willingly and cheerfully endure the most cruel and torturing death for the sake of Christ: all these things he could do, not in his own strength, for no man was more conscious of his own weakness than he was, or knew more of the impotency of human nature and therefore always directed others to be strong in the Lord, and in, the power of his might, and in the grace that is in Christ, on which he himself always depended, and by which he did what he did as he adds here, through Christ which strengtheneth me. 1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus.
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