Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Revised Version 1895
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
9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Cross References
Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy bowels and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
Luke 1:78Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
Romans 9:1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Ghost,
2 Corinthians 7:15And his inward affection is more abundantly toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
Galatians 1:20Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Philippians 2:1If there is therefore any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies 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 →