Philippians 1:7
as it is righteous for me to think in behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, that you are all my fellow-partakers of the grace.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8For God is my witness, how I long after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Acts 16:23And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely:
Acts 21:33Then the chiliarch, having come nigh, took Paul, and commanded that he should be bound with two chains; and was making inquiry who he might be, and what he had done.
1 Corinthians 13:7it bears all things, it believes all things, it hopes all things, it endures all things.
2 Corinthians 7:3I do not speak for castigation: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you.
Ephesians 3:1Therefore I Paul, the prisoner of Christ for the sake of you Gentiles,
Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chain; in order that in it I may preach boldly, as it behooves 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 →