Philippians 1:9
And what I pray for is this — that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
Twentieth Century 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 will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves men.
Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord’s will is.
Colossians 1:9And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.
1 Thessalonians 3:12And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you;
1 Thessalonians 4:9As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves 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 →