Philippians 1:9
and this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge, and all discernment,
Literal 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 for you all with [the] yearnings of Jesus Christ,
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, || Going and brightening until the day is established,
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not become children in the understanding, but in the evil be children, and in the understanding become perfect;
Ephesians 5:17do not become fools because of this, but—understanding what [is] the will of the LORD,
Colossians 1:9Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 3:12and the LORD cause you to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,
1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, you have no need of [my] writing to you, for you yourselves are God-taught 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 →