Philippians 1:7
as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I say I have you in my heart; both in my bonds and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, I say I have you all in my heart as being joint partakers of my grace.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8For God is my witness how ardently I love you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Acts 16:23And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, and charged the jailer to keep them securely.
Acts 21:33Then the officer came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
1 Corinthians 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Corinthians 7:3I do not say this to condemn you; for I have said before, that you are in our hearts, so that we could die with you, and live with you.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,
Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:4-7
The Apostle's Thankfulness and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: The apostle proceeds after the inscription and benediction to thanksgiving for the saints at Philippi. He tells them what it was he thanked God for, upon… Read the whole commentary →