Philippians 1:8

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

7as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I bear you on my heart, both in my bonds and in my defence and the confirmation of the gospel, as being all of you sharers in my grace.

9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding;

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Cross References

Luke 1:78through the bowels of mercy of our God; with which he hath visited us, as the dawn of the morning from on high,

Romans 9:1I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost,)

2 Corinthians 7:15And his bowels more abundantly yearn over you, when he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

Galatians 1:20Now respecting the things which I write unto you, behold, in the presence of God, I lie not.

Philippians 2:1IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

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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