Autarkes describes being content without speaking from need, whatever the circumstances.

The attested use describes a learned condition of contentment that is not driven by need and remains in place amid whatever circumstances occur.

1. Content apart from need · dominant

   In Philippians 4:11, the nominative singular masculine adjective occurs in the speaker's statement that he does not speak because of need but has learned this condition in whatever circumstances he is. The APB renders the clause, "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am."

   Philippians 4:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Philippians 4:11, the APB presents the clause as having "learned to be content" in every circumstance. That wording is treated as the verse's presentation rather than an exact lexical equivalent.