Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Philippians 4:13

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Philippians 4:13 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Philippians 4:13, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Philippians 4. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 10 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may r…
  • Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
  • Colossians 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
  • Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
  • Ephesians 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
  • John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
  • John 15:4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
  • Isaiah 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

More to meet God in Philippians

Philippians 1:6Philippians 4:7Philippians 4:19Philippians 4:8Philippians 4:6Philippians 3:9Philippians 3:19Philippians 1:27Philippians 3:8Philippians 3:1Philippians 1:10Philippians 2:9Philippians 2:12Philippians 1:20

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.