Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 earnestly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in your minds: though in naughtiness be ye children, but in your minds be men complete.
Ephesians 5:17Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Thessalonians 3:12And the Lord cause you to abound and overflow with love one to another, and towards all men, as we also do to you:
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another.
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 →