Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;
1770 John Worsley NT
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 much I long for you all, as with the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20My brethren, be not children in sense: but in malice be infants, and in your judgements shew yourselves to be men.
Ephesians 5:17Wherefore be not thoughtless, but consider what is the will of the Lord.
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to request 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 to one another, and to all men, as we do towards you:
1 Thessalonians 4:9But as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of 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 →