Philippians 1:8

Yes, I love you, just like Jesus Christ loves you, and I want to be with you again. God himself knows that is true.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

In Context

7You see, I love you mob very much, so it is all right for me to think about you like that. You are my friends and God is good to you, just like he is good to me. So you help me every time God lets me tell people the good news about Jesus. Right now I’m tied up in jail, and sometimes they take me to court, and I tell them the message about Jesus, and I show them that it is true. And you help me do that.

9So I pray like this for you. I ask God to help you to love each other more and more, and to know God better. I ask God to help you to understand spiritual things better.

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Cross References

Luke 1:78You see, our God feels sorry for us, so he will do that for us. It will be like the sun coming up, bringing light from God.

Galatians 1:20What I’m writing to you now is true. And God knows that it is true.

Philippians 2:1Listen. You know that you belong to Jesus Christ, and he helps you to be strong and brave. You know that he loves you, so you are happy. You know that God’s spirit is in you, and you share your lives with him. You know how to feel sorry for each other, and how to help each other. You know all that, right?

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 →

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