How to be Abased
Lamartine. Philippians 4:12 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… During the periods between the paroxysms of the fever, Cromwell occupied the time with listening to passages from the sacred volume, or by a resigned or despairing reference to the death of his daughter. "Read to me," he said to his wife, in one of these intervals, "the Epistle to the Philippians." She read these words: "I know both how to be abased, and" — the reader paused. "That verse," said the Protector, "once saved my life when the death of my eldest born, the infant Oliver, pierced my heart like the sharp blade of a poignard." (Lamartine.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.