Philippians 1:9
And this I pray: that your charity may abound more and more, with knowledge and with all understanding,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
In Context
8For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not choose to have the minds of children. Instead, be free of malice like infants, but be mature in your minds.
Ephesians 5:17For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.
Colossians 1:9Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in your charity toward one another and toward all, just as we also do toward you,
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
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 →