Philippians 1:9

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

7It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart—for you all are partakers of grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News. 8For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Messiah Yeshua. Now this I pray, that your love might overflow still more and more in knowledge and depth of discernment, 10in order to approve what is excellent—so that in the Day of Messiah you may be sincere and blameless, 11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Yeshua the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 1:9 word by word

καὶ τοῦτο προσεύχομαι, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ ἐν ἐπιγνώσει καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσειRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• I prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• loveὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• may aboundπερισσεύωperisseuō · to exceedG4052
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• moreμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• knowledgeἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis · knowledgeG1922
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• judgmentαἴσθησιςaisthēsis · insightG144

Cross-references for Philippians 1:9

• Philippians 1:4always praying with joy in every prayer of mine for you all,
• Philippians 3:15Therefore let all who are mature have this attitude; and if you have a different attitude in anything, this also God will reveal to you.
• Job 17:9But the righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.
• Matthew 13:31He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
• 2 Corinthians 8:7But as you excel in everything—in faith and speech and knowledge and all diligence, and in your love for us—also excel in this grace.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:12May the Lord also cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to always thank God for you, brothers and sisters, as is appropriate, because your faithfulness grows wonderfully, and the love of each one of you for one another continually increases.
• Philemon 1:6May the fellowship of your faith become effective, with the recognition of all the good that is ours in Messiah.
• 1 Peter 1:22Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, stop being children in your thinking—rather, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
• Ephesians 5:17For this reason do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
• Colossians 1:9For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—
• Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge, according to the image of the One who created him.
• 2 Peter 1:5Now for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue; and to 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