Philippians 1:9
And, this, I pray—that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn,—going on and brightening, unto meridian day.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren! do not become children, in your understandings; but, in baseness, become babes, while, in your understandings, ye become, full-grown.
Ephesians 5:17For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;
Colossians 1:9For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard [of you], cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking—that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,
1 Thessalonians 3:12And, you, may the Lord cause to abound and excel in your love one toward another, and toward all,—even as, we, do toward you:
1 Thessalonians 4:9But, concerning brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of 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 →