Quotes about Contentment
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
— 1 Corinthians 4:8
I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
— 1 Corinthians 7:7
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
— 1 Corinthians 7:8
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
— 1 Corinthians 7:20
Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
— 1 Corinthians 7:24
those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
— 1 Corinthians 7:30
In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
— 1 Corinthians 7:40
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
— 1 Corinthians 13:4
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
— 2 Corinthians 6:10
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
— 2 Corinthians 8:12
As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
— 2 Corinthians 8:15
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
— Philippians 2:14