Philippians 1:7
So then, it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, and because, in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.
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In The King James Version
In Context
8For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.
Cross References
Acts 16:23And when they had inflicted many scourges on them, they cast them into prison, instructing the guard to watch them diligently.
Acts 21:33Then the tribune, drawing near, apprehended him and ordered that he be bound with two chains. And he was asking who he was and what he had done.
1 Corinthians 13:7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
2 Corinthians 7:3I am not saying this to your condemnation. For we have told you before that you are in our hearts: to die together and to live together.
Ephesians 3:1By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.
Ephesians 6:20in such a manner that I may dare to speak exactly as I ought to speak. For I act as an ambassador in chains for the Gospel.
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 →