John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Philippians

Philippians 4:12

Philippians 4:12 Ver. 12. I know both how to be abased,.... Or "humbled"; to be treated with indignity and contempt, to be trampled upon by man, to suffer hardships and distress, to be in a very mean and low condition, to work with his own hands, and minister to his own and the necessities of others in that way; yea, …