Philippians 1:9
And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.
Ephesians 5:17Therefore be not unwise, but understand whatsoever is the will of the Lord.
Colossians 1:9Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 3:12and the Lord fill you and cause you to superabound in divine love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also do towards you;
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another with divine love;
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 →