Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
Cross References
Luke 1:78Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,
Romans 9:1I am telling you the truth as a Christian man--it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine--
2 Corinthians 7:15And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.
Galatians 1:20In making these assertions I am speaking the truth, as in the sight of God.
Philippians 2:1If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,
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 →