Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.
Ephesians 5:17Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God.
Colossians 1:9Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding:
1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you,
1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to 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 →