Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in knowledge and all discernment;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 greatly I long for you all, with the tender affection of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in your understandings; but in malice be as children, but in your understandings be men.
Ephesians 5:17Therefore be not foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Thessalonians 3:12And the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, as we also do toward you;
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you; for ye yourselves are taught 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 →