In an encouraging letter to the Christians in Philippi, the apostle Paul wrote: “I have learned, in whatever circumstances I am, to be self - sufficient.... In everything and in all circumstances I have learned the secret of both how to be full and how to hunger, both how to have an abundance and how to suffer want. ” ​ — Philippians 4: 11, 12.
Apustulis Pāvils uzmundrinošā vēstulē Filipu kristiešiem rakstīja: ” Esmu mācījies būt pieticīgs ar to, kas man ir... esmu ieskatījies visādos likteņos, protu būt paēdis un izsalcis, dzīvot pilnībā un ciest trūkumu. ”