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2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
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Philippians 4:11
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.
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1 Timothy 6:8
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
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Greek
842. autarkes -- self-sufficient, sufficient
... the adjectival form of 841 , "contentment") -- properly, self-sufficient, content
in the sense of being satisfied because living in God's content (fulness). ...
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That There Shall be Different Degrees of the Union of the Blessed ...
... And yet, Theotimus, since the most sacred beauty which they see is infinite, it
entirely satisfies and satiates them, and being content to enjoy it according ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xv that there shall.htm

The Divine Word Our Model.
... will by abandonment. The wisdom of the just soul consists in being content
with what is intended for it! in confining itself within ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/section xii the divine word our.htm

How this Sacred Repose is Practised.
... And even if she do not see him by the understanding she cares not, being content
to feel his presence by the delight and satisfaction which the will receives ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix how this sacred.htm

Waiting Faith Rewarded and Strengthened by New Revelations
... When we lose ourselves in God, we find ourselves, and being content to have nothing,
and not even to be our own masters or owners, we possess ourselves more ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture k/waiting faith rewarded and strengthened.htm

Paul's Last Words to his Friends
... I have learned in all things the secret of being content, both when I have plenty
and when I am hungry, when I am in prosperity and when I am in want. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/pauls last words to his.htm

Hebrews xii. 28, 29
... Let your conversation be without covetousness: being content with such things as
ye have.". See how large is his discourse concerning chastity. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxxiii hebrews xii 28.htm

Letter viii. --On Dryness and Distractions.
... St. Francis of Sales used to say, "Our miserable satisfactions do not satisfy God."
Pure love consists in being content with all that pleases God, and will not ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter viii on dryness and distractions.htm

Waiting on God
... But we are in danger of standing there, and being content with that, and Christ
wants to bring us back to rejoice as much as in the glory of God Himself, in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the masters indwelling/iii waiting on god.htm

How the Purity of Indifference is to be Practised in the Actions ...
... They content themselves with this love as being their own, in their spirit and
proceeding from it; for though this sacred love be called the love of God ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix how the purity.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... The one shook off the leaves, perhaps the fruits, of sin; the other "lays the axe
to the root," as not being content with the outward form of godliness, how ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 25 upon our lords.htm

Resources
In what ways is being a Christian difficult? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about being a good student? | GotQuestions.org

Is being drunk in the Spirit a biblical experience? | GotQuestions.org

Being: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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