Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Webster Bible
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 greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Ephesians 5:17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is .
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it , do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Thessalonians 3:12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards another, and towards all men , even as we do towards you:
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you: for ye yourselves are 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 →