Philippians 1:9
And it is my prayer that your love may abound yet more and more in intelligence and insight
Montgomery 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
8God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.
10for testing things that differ, so that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not become children in understanding; be babes in malice, but in understanding become mature men.
Ephesians 5:17For this reason do not be thoughtless, but learn to know what the Lord’s will is.
Colossians 1:9For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;
1 Thessalonians 3:12Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God 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 →