What does Philippians 4:13 mean?

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:13, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Philippians 4:11-15

  1. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
  2. 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.
  3. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
  4. 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
  5. 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.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

4:13 through Christ: With Christ’s help, Paul had the strength to do everything. In everything, especially while enduring suffering, Paul relied on the strength of Christ, who lived in him and worked through him (see 2 Cor 1:8-10; 4:7-12; 12:8-10; Gal 2:20; Col 1:27).

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About the book of Philippians

Author
Paul (Philippians 1:1)
When
c. AD 60 to 62, from prison
Period
Igreja primitiva, c. 30 a 70 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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