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Connecting Statement:

Paul continues explaining that he is thanking the Philippians for their gift to him simply because he is grateful, not because he needs them to give him anything more (see Philippians 3:11).

in my difficulties

Paul speaks of his hardships as if they were a place that he was in. Alternate translation: "when things became difficult" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)