Teks -- Philippians 4:13 (NET)

4:13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

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Robertson: Phi 4:13 - I can do all things

I can do all things ( panta ischuō ).

Old verb to have strength (ischus ).

Robertson: Phi 4:13 - In him that strengtheneth me

In him that strengtheneth me ( en tōi endunamounti me ).

Late and rare verb (in lxx) from adjective endunamos (en ,dunamis ). Causative verb to empower, to pour power into one. See same phrase in 1Ti 1:12 tōi endunamōsanti me (aorist tense here). Paul has such strength so long as Jesus keeps on putting power (dunamis ) into him.

Vincent: Phi 4:13 - I can do

I can do ( ἰσχύω )

See on Luk 14:30.

Vincent: Phi 4:13 - Strengtheneth

Strengtheneth ( ἐνδυναμοῦντι )

More literally, infuses strength into me , as the old verb inforce .

Wesley: Phi 4:13 - I can do all things

Even fulfil all the will of God.

JFB: Phi 4:13 - I can do all things

Greek, "I have strength for all things"; not merely "how to be abased and how to abound." After special instances he declares his universal power--how triumphantly, yet how humbly! [MEYER].

JFB: Phi 4:13 - through Christ which strengtheneth me

The oldest manuscripts omit "Christ"; then translate, "In Him who giveth me power," that is, by virtue of my living union and identification with Him, who is my strength (Gal 2:20). Compare 1Ti 1:12, whence probably, "Christ" was inserted here by transcribers.

Clarke: Phi 4:13 - I can do all things

I can do all things - It was not a habit which he had acquired by frequent exercise, it was a disposition which he had by grace; and he was enabled to do all by the power of an indwelling Christ. Through Him who strengtheneth me is the reading of some of the best MSS., versions, and fathers; the word Χριστῳ, Christ, being omitted.

Calvin: Phi 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ

13.I can do all things through Christ As he had boasted of things that were very great, ²⁴⁹ in order that this might not be attributed to pride or furnish others with occasion of foolish boasting, he adds, that it is by Christ that he is endowed with this fortitude. “ I can do all things, ” says he, “but it is in Christ, not by my own power, for it is Christ that supplies me with strength.” Hence we infer, that Christ will not be less strong and invincible in us also, if, conscious of our own weakness, we place reliance upon his power alone. When he says all things, he means merely those things which belong to his calling.

TSK: Phi 4:13 - can // through

can : Joh 15:4, Joh 15:5, Joh 15:7; 2Co 3:4, 2Co 3:5

through : 2Co 12:9, 2Co 12:10; Eph 3:16, Eph 6:10; Col 1:11; Isa 40:29-31, Isa 41:10, Isa 45:24

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Poole: Phi 4:13 - can do all things

Having written of the great things he had learned, that it might not be attributed to his proud conceit, or give occasion to any others’ vanity to boast, (as he had recourse before to the Divine efficiency to will and do, Phi 2:13 ), he rests solely for power upon Christ, being found in whom, when he saith he

can do all things we are not to understand it absolutely, but restrictively to the subject matter he had before mentioned in the precedent verses, intimating he could by the Lord’ s help use well both prosperity and adversity: or, all those things the Lord called him to and put him upon. Not, as the papists urge, that any mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but that he by faith being united to Christ, by the power of his Spirit dwelling in him, hath in the Lord righteousness and strength, Isa 45:24 ; and thereupon hath a sincere respect to all God’ s commands, as David had, Psa 119:6 ; so also had Zacharias and Elisabeth, Luk 1:6 ; in opposition to Pharisaical obedience: not by any power he had of himself, but through Christ strengthening of him, so that God would accept of his sincere performance (though not every way perfect) of what was incumbent on him.

Gill: Phi 4:13 - I can do all things // through Christ which strengtheneth me

I can do all things,.... 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. 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.