Philippians 1:9
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
Young's Literal Translation
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 long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,
10for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ,
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
Ephesians 5:17because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,
Colossians 1:9Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 3:12and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,
1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught 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 →