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Philippians 1:9
9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
Philippians 1:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- New International Version (NIV)And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Context of Philippians 1:9
7as it is righteous for me to think this as to you all, because ye have me in your hearts, and that both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the glad tidings ye are all participators in my grace. 8For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence, 10that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day, 11being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which [is] by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.
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καὶ τοῦτο προσεύχομαι, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ ἐν ἐπιγνώσει καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσειRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Philippians 1:9
- Philippians 1:4constantly in my every supplication, making the supplication for you all with joy,
- Philippians 3:15As many therefore as [are] perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.
- Job 17:9But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
- Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
- Matthew 13:31Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and sowed in his field;
- 2 Corinthians 8:7but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;
- Philemon 1:6in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].
- 1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].
- Ephesians 5:17For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord.
- Colossians 1:9For this reason we also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
- Colossians 3:10and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;
- 2 Peter 1:5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
Commentaries on Philippians 1:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9This I pray - This is the substance of all my prayers for you, that your love to God, to one another, and to all mankind, may abound yet more and more, , that it may be like a river, perpetually fed with rain and fresh streams so that it continues to swell and increase till it fills all its banks, and floods the adjacent plains. In knowledge - Of God's nature, perfections, your own duty and interest, his work upon your souls, and his great designs in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And this I pray - We pray for those whom we love, and whose welfare we seek. We desire their happiness; and there is no way more appropriate of expressing that desire than of going to God, and seeking it at his hand. Paul proceeds to enumerate the blessings which he sought for them; and it is worthy of observation that he did not ask riches, or worldly prosperity, but that his supplications were confined to spiritual blessings, and he sought these as the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-11Verses 8-11 Shall not we pity and love those souls whom Christ loves and pities? Those who abound in any grace, need to abound more. Try things which differ; that we may approve the things which are excellent. The truths and laws of Christ are excellent; and they recommend themselves as such to any attentive mind. Sincerity is that in which we should have our conversation in the world, and it is the glory of all our graces. Christians should not be apt to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Love is the result of Christ’s Spirit within believers (Romans 5:5; Galatians 5:22). Love is part of the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is the evidence that Christ is working in believers abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight: Growing in understanding helps believers know what truly matters (see Romans 12:2). It helps them live pure and blameless lives until Christ returns (compare 1 Thessalonians 3:12–13; 5:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The subject of his prayer for them (Php 1:4). your love--to Christ, producing love not only to Paul, Christ's minister, as it did, but also to one another, which it did not altogether as much as it ought (Php 2:2; 4:2). knowledge--of doctrinal and practical truth. judgment--rather, "perception"; "perceptive sense." Spiritual perceptiveness: spiritual sight, spiritual hearing, spiritual feeling, spiritual taste. Christianity is a vigorous plant, not the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Philippians 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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