Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
American Standard 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 I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Ephesians 5:17Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1 Thessalonians 3:12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto 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 →