Philippians 1:9
And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.
Ephesians 5:17On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.
Colossians 1:9For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;
1 Thessalonians 3:12and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have 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 →