Philippians 1:8
Philippians chapter 1 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Context
v.7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf 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 with me of grace.
v.8This passage
v.9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Philemon 1:20
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
- Philippians 4:1
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
- Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
- Romans 9:1
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Corinthians 6:12
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8
even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.