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I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
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Not Self-Help, But Christ's Help
Commentators unanimously stress that this verse is not about self-reliance or personal willpower. Paul's ability comes entirely from an external source: the empowering strength of Christ. Scholars contrast this with Stoic philosophy, noting the power is not from inner fortitude but from Christ continually 'pouring power' into the believer.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I can do all things. From the experience that Paul had in these various circumstances of life, he arrives here at the general conclusion t…
I can do all things (παντα ισχυω). Old verb to have strength (ισχυς).
In him that strengtheneth me (εν τω …
19th Century
Anglican
I can do all things.—Properly, I have strength in all things, rather (according to the context) to bear than to …
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Baptist
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…
Paul’s outlook was no Stoic philosophy, however. He did not trace his resources to some inner fortitude that would enable him to take with equanimi…
16th Century
Protestant
I can do all things through Christ. As he had boasted of very great things, so that this might not be attributed to pride or furnish other…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I can do all things Which must not be understood in the greatest latitude, and without any limitation; for the apost…
It is a good work to support and help a good minister in trouble. The nature of true Christian sympathy is not only to feel concern for our friends…
13th Century
Catholic
In his commentary, the Apostle first shows how the faithful should conduct themselves regarding the future. Here, he commends them for the past ben…
