11 Not because respecting want I speak; I for learned, in what things I am, contented to be.

12 I know both to be brought low, I know and to abound; in every thing and in all things I have been initiated, both to be wellfed and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need;

13 all things I am strong in the one strengthening me.

11 I am not saying this because I am in need; for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.

12 I know how to be poor. I also know how to live with abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have abundance and to suffer need.

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.