Philippians 1:9
My prayer is that your love may grow more and more in knowledge and understanding,
Free Bible 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
8God is my witness as to my great affection for every one of you in the caring love of Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18The way of life of the good is like the light of the sunrise, glowing brighter and brighter until the full light of day shines out.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, don't think like children. Be as innocent as babies in regard to evil, but be grown up in your understanding.
Ephesians 5:17So don't be ignorant—find out what the Lord's will is.
Colossians 1:9Because of this we haven't stopped praying for you from the time we heard about you, asking God to give you understanding of what he wants you to do and to give you every kind of spiritual wisdom and understanding.
1 Thessalonians 3:12May the Lord increase your love so it overflows to one another, and to everyone, just as we love you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9We certainly don't need to write and tell you to love fellow-believers, because God teaches you 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 →