Philippians 1:7
And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
8For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
Cross References
Acts 16:23and, after severely flogging them, they threw them into jail and bade the jailer keep them safely.
Acts 21:33Then the Tribune, making his way to him, arrested him, and, having ordered him to be secured with two chains, proceeded to ask who he was and what he had been doing.
1 Corinthians 13:7She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.
2 Corinthians 7:3I do not say this to imply blame, for, as I have already said, you have such a place in our hearts that we would die with you or live with you.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles--
Ephesians 6:20to spread which I am an ambassador in chains--so that when telling them I may speak out boldly as I ought.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:4-7
The Apostle's Thankfulness and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: The apostle proceeds after the inscription and benediction to thanksgiving for the saints at Philippi. He tells them what it was he thanked God for, upon… Read the whole commentary →