Philippians 1:10
I pray for this so that you may approve what is excellent, and so you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ.
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9I am praying this: That your love may abound more and more in knowledge and all understanding.
Cross References
Joshua 24:14Now fear Yahweh and worship him with all integrity and faithfulness; get rid of the gods that your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh.
Job 34:3For the ear tries words 1 as the palate tastes food. 1
Amos 5:14Seek good and not evil, 1 so that you may live. 1 So Yahweh, the God of hosts, will really be with you, 1 as you say he is. 1
Matthew 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you do not care for the things of God, but for the things of people.”
Matthew 26:33But Peter said to him, “Even if all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”
John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his deeds will not be exposed.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:10-12
The Apostle's Affection and Hope. ( a. d. 62.) 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. These verses contain the prayers he put up for them. Paul often let his friends know what it was he begged of God for them, that they might know… Read the whole commentary →