Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.
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In The King James Version
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 63:15Gaze down from heaven, and behold from your holy habitation and from your glory. Where is your zeal, and your strength, the fullness of your heart and of your compassion? They have held themselves back from me.
Luke 1:78through the heart of the mercy of our God, by which, descending from on high, he has visited us,
Romans 9:1I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,
2 Corinthians 7:15And his feelings are now more abundant toward you, since he remembers the obedience of you all, and how you received him with fear and trembling.
Galatians 1:20Now what I am writing to you: behold, before God, I am not lying.
Philippians 2:1Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration:
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:8-9
The Apostle's Affection and Hope. ( a. d. 62.) 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. The apostle expresses the ardent affection he had for them, and his concern for their spiritual welfare: I have you in my heart, v. 7 . He loved them as his own soul, and they lay… Read the whole commentary →