Philippians 1:7
according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and [in] the defense and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.
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In Context
8For God is my witness, how I long for you all with [the] yearnings of Jesus Christ,
Cross References
Acts 16:23having also laid on them many blows, they cast them into prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,
Acts 21:33Then the chief captain, having come near, took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he has been doing,
1 Corinthians 13:7it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.
2 Corinthians 7:3I do not say [it] to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together;
Ephesians 3:1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely—as it is necessary for me to speak.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:4-7
The Apostle's Thankfulness and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: The apostle proceeds after the inscription and benediction to thanksgiving for the saints at Philippi. He tells them what it was he thanked God for, upon… Read the whole commentary →