Philippians 4:13

Christian Standard Bible ®

I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do.

Revised Standard Version
I can do all things in him who strengthens me.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I can do all thynges thorow the helpe of Christ which strengtheth me.

Hebrew Names Version
I can do all things through Messiah, who strengthens me.

New American Standard Bible
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

New Century Version
I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength.

Update Bible Version
I can do all things in him that strengthens me.

Webster's Bible Translation
I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.

English Standard Version
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

World English Bible
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I can do all things through Christ strengthening me.

Weymouth's New Testament
I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y may alle thingis in hym that coumfortith me.

English Revised Version
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Berean Standard Bible
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Contemporary English Version
Christ gives me the strength to face anything.

Amplified Bible
I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.]

American Standard Version
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Bible in Basic English
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

Complete Jewish Bible
I can do all things through him who gives me power.

Darby Translation
I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.

International Standard Version
I can do all things through himChrist">[fn] who strengthens me.John 15:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
for every thing I am empowered through the Meshiha who strengtheneth me.

Murdock Translation
I find strength for every thing, in the Messiah who strengtheneth me.

King James Version (1611)
I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me.

New Living Translation
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

New Life Bible
I can do all things because Christ gives me the strength.

New Revised Standard
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I am able to do al things through the helpe of Christ, which strengtheneth me.

George Lamsa Translation
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have might, for all things, in him that empowereth me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I can do all things in him who strengtheneth me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I can do all thynges through Christe, which strengtheneth me.

Good News Translation
I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.

King James Version
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Lexham English Bible
I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

Literal Translation
I have strength for all things in Christ the One strengthening me.

Young's Literal Translation
For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I can do all thinges thorow Christ, which stregtheth me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
to these things I am equal, thro' Christ who strengthens me.

New English Translation
I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

New King James Version
I can do all things through Christ [fn] who strengthens me.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I can handle any bronc and any situation because the Lord is my strength.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Legacy Standard Bible
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰I rejoiced in the Lord greatly because once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it. ¹¹I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself. ¹²I know both how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. ¹³I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me. ¹⁴Still, you did well by partnering with me in my hardship. ¹⁵And you Philippians know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone. ¹⁶For even in Thessalonica you sent gifts for my need several times. ¹⁷Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit that is increasing to your account. ¹⁸But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. ¹⁹And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

can: John 15:4, John 15:5, John 15:7, 2 Corinthians 3:4, 2 Corinthians 3:5

through: 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Ephesians 3:16, Ephesians 6:10, Colossians 1:11, Isaiah 40:29-31, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 45:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - Almighty Genesis 18:14 - Is Exodus 15:2 - strength Numbers 13:30 - General Deuteronomy 11:8 - that ye may Deuteronomy 33:25 - and as thy Joshua 14:12 - if so be Joshua 17:13 - waxen strong Judges 1:19 - but could Judges 7:11 - thine hands 1 Samuel 2:4 - stumbled 1 Samuel 15:29 - Strength 1 Samuel 17:45 - in the name 2 Samuel 22:30 - run through 2 Samuel 22:33 - strength 1 Kings 13:14 - sitting 1 Chronicles 16:28 - glory 1 Chronicles 22:16 - Arise 1 Chronicles 29:12 - give strength Nehemiah 6:9 - Now therefore Psalms 18:1 - my Psalms 27:1 - strength Psalms 27:14 - and Psalms 43:2 - the God Psalms 44:5 - Through thee Psalms 68:35 - he that giveth Psalms 71:16 - I will go Psalms 81:1 - our strength Psalms 84:5 - strength Psalms 86:16 - give Psalms 89:17 - For thou Psalms 119:8 - O forsake Psalms 119:28 - strengthen Psalms 119:173 - Let Psalms 138:3 - strengthenedst Proverbs 10:29 - way Isaiah 26:4 - in the Daniel 10:18 - he Hosea 14:8 - From me Habakkuk 3:19 - my strength Zechariah 10:12 - I will Matthew 11:30 - burden Matthew 14:29 - he walked Luke 6:25 - full Luke 17:5 - Increase John 5:19 - and John 14:13 - will Acts 9:22 - increased Romans 1:7 - and the Lord 1 Corinthians 15:10 - yet 1 Corinthians 16:13 - be 2 Corinthians 4:1 - we faint not Galatians 2:20 - I now 1 Timothy 1:12 - who 2 Timothy 1:8 - according 2 Timothy 2:1 - be Hebrews 13:21 - through 1 Peter 5:10 - strengthen 1 John 2:14 - because ye are Revelation 3:8 - a little

Cross-References

Job 15:22
He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;he is destined for the sword.

Revelation 16:9
and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 16:11
and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they did not repent of their works.

Revelation 16:21
Enormous hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I can do all things - From the experience which Paul had in these various circumstances of life, he comes here to the general conclusion that he could “do all things.” He could bear any trial, perform any duty, subdue any evil propensity of his nature, and meet all the temptations incident to any condition of prosperity or adversity. His own experience in the various changes of life had warranted him in arriving at this conclusion; and he now expresses the firm confidence that nothing would be required of him which he would not be able to perform. In Paul, this declaration was not a vain self-reliance, nor was it the mere result of his former experience. He knew well where the strength was to be obtained by which to do all things, and on that arm that was able to uphold him he confidently relied.

Through Christ which strengtheneth me - See the notes at John 15:5. Of the strength which Christ can impart, Paul had had abundant experience; and now his whole reliance was there. It was not in any native ability which he had; not in any vigor of body or of mind; not in any power which there was in his own resolutions; it was in the strength that he derived from the Redeemer. By that he was enabled to bear cold, fatigue, and hunger; by that, he met temptations and persecutions; and by that, he engaged in the performance of his arduous duties let us learn, hence:

(1) That we need not sink under any trial, for there is one who can strengthen us.

(2) That we need not yield to temptation. There is one who is able to make a way for our escape.

(3) That we need not be harassed, and vexed, and tortured with improper thoughts and unholy desires. There is one who can enable us to banish such thoughts from the mind, and restore the right balance to the affections of the soul.

(4) That we need not dread what is to come. Trials, temptations, poverty, want, persecution, may await us; but we need not sink into despondency. At every step of life, Christ is able to strengthen us, and can bring us triumphantly through. What a privilege it is, therefore, to be a Christian - to feel, in the trials of life, that we have one friend, unchanging and most mighty, who can always help us! How cheerfully should we engage in our duties, and meet the trials that are before us, leaning on the arm of our Almighty Redeemer! Let us not shrink from duty; let us not dread persecution let us not fear the bed of death. In all circumstances, Christ, our unchanging Friend, can uphold us. Let the eye and the affections of the heart be fixed on him; let the simple, fervent, believing prayer be directed always to him when trials come, when temptations assail, when duty presses hard upon us, and when a crowd of unholy and forbidden thoughts rush into the soul: and we shall be safe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. 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 χριστω, Christ, being omitted.