9. All the things that you have learned and accepted and heard and seen in me, do these. And so shall the God of peace be with you.
10. Now I rejoice in the Lord exceedingly, because finally, after some time, your feelings for me have flourished again, just as you formerly felt. For you had been preoccupied.
11. I am not saying this as if out of need. For I have learned that, in whatever state I am, it is sufficient.
12. I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound. I am prepared for anything, anywhere: either to be full or to be hungry, either to have abundance or to endure scarcity.