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New Living Translation

Philippians 1:9

I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Grace of God;   Intercession;   Longevity;   Love;   Old Age;   Sinlessness;   Wisdom;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Brotherly Love;   Love;   Love-Hatred;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Love to Christ;   Love to Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Servant;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Guidance;   Knowledge;   Mind;   Mission;   Paul;   Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Philippians, Epistle to;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philemon, the Epistle to;   Prayer;   Science;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Knowledge;   Philippians;   Prison, Prisoners;   Righteousness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Philemon, Epistle to;   Philippians, Epistle to;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aged;   Ambassador;   Christian Life;   Intercession;   Philemon Epistle to;   Philippians Epistle to the;   Prayer;   Prisoner;   Sanctification;   Temperance ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bishop;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Age;   Intercession;   Know;   Philippians, the Epistle to;   Prayer;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 31;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 29;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;
Revised Standard Version
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And this I praye yt youre love maye increace more and more in knowledge and in all fealinge
Hebrew Names Version
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
New American Standard Bible
And this I pray, that your love may overflow still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
New Century Version
This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;
Update Bible Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Webster's Bible Translation
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
English Standard Version
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
World English Bible
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in all knowledge and in all spiritual sense,
Weymouth's New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this thing Y preie, that youre charite be plenteuouse more and more in kunnyng, and in al wit;
English Revised Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Berean Standard Bible
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and profound insight,
Contemporary English Version
I pray that your love will keep on growing and that you will fully know and understand
Amplified Bible
And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight,
American Standard Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Bible in Basic English
And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
Complete Jewish Bible
And this is my prayer: that your love may more and more overflow in fullness of knowledge and depth of discernment,
Darby Translation
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
International Standard Version
And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more in full knowledge and perfect insight,1 Thessalonians 3:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And this I pray, that your love may still increase and abound in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding;
Murdock Translation
And this I pray for, that your love may still increase and abound, in knowledge, and In all spiritual understanding:
King James Version (1611)
And this I pray, that your loue may abound yet more & more in knowledge, and in all iudgment.
New Life Bible
And this is my prayer: I pray that your love will grow more and more. I pray that you will have better understanding and be wise in all things.
New Revised Standard
And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this I pray, that your loue may abound, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement,
George Lamsa Translation
And for this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, this, I pray - that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this I pray: That your charity may more and more abound in knowledge and in all understanding:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng:
Good News Translation
I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,
Christian Standard Bible®
And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,
King James Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Lexham English Bible
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Literal Translation
And this I pray, that your love may yet abound more and more in full knowledge and all perception,
Young's Literal Translation
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence;
THE MESSAGE
So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.
New English Translation
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
New King James Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Simplified Cowboy Version
My prayer for y'all is this, y'all keep growing, knowing, and understanding.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
Legacy Standard Bible
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment,

Contextual Overview

9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. 10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ's return. 11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

this: Philippians 1:4

your: Philippians 3:15, Philippians 3:16, Job 17:9, Proverbs 4:18, Matthew 13:31-33, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Philemon 1:6, 1 Peter 1:22

in knowledge: 1 Corinthians 14:20, Ephesians 5:17, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 3:10, 2 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 1:6, 2 Peter 3:18

judgment: or, sense, Hebrews 5:14,*Gr.

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:18 - keep Psalms 71:14 - praise Psalms 103:1 - all that Psalms 112:5 - discretion Psalms 119:66 - Teach me Proverbs 19:2 - that the Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise Song of Solomon 4:16 - the spices Song of Solomon 7:4 - thy nose Isaiah 7:15 - know Isaiah 11:3 - understanding Matthew 13:33 - till Mark 4:28 - first Luke 7:47 - she Luke 13:21 - till John 15:2 - and Acts 6:4 - prayer Romans 1:9 - I make Romans 10:2 - but not Romans 16:19 - yet 1 Corinthians 1:5 - and in 1 Corinthians 13:13 - the greatest 1 Corinthians 15:58 - abounding 2 Corinthians 7:3 - ye 2 Corinthians 13:7 - I pray Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Colossians 1:3 - praying 2 Thessalonians 1:11 - we pray 2 Thessalonians 3:13 - ye Hebrews 6:11 - we desire Hebrews 10:24 - love 2 Peter 1:8 - and abound Revelation 2:4 - because Revelation 3:15 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:5
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth."
Genesis 1:8
God called the space "sky." And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear." And that is what happened.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And that is what happened.
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
Job 26:7
God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more,.... As a proof of his great affection for them, he puts up this petition on their account; which supposes that they had love, as they must certainly have, since the good work of grace was begun in them; for wherever the work of the Spirit of God is, there is love, which is a fruit of the Spirit; and where there is not love, there cannot be that good work; for it signifies nothing what a man says, nor what he has, nor what he does, if love be wanting; but this grace was in these Philippians, they had love to God, to Christ, to one another, to all the saints, and to the ministers of the Gospel, and particularly to the apostle, of which they had lately given him a proof: and it also supposes, that this grace, which was implanted in them in regeneration, was in exercise, which is meant by its "abounding"; it was not only a principle in the heart, and expressed by the mouth, but it was in action; it lay not in word, and in tongue, but showed itself towards the objects of it in deed and in truth; and it was in a very larger and lively exercise; it abounded, it flowed and overflowed; it rose up out of the heart, as water out of a fountain; it was as grace is said to be, a well of living water, springing up, and spreading itself various ways; wherefore the apostle did not pray that they might have love, nor merely that their love might abound, but that it might abound "yet", might continue to abound, that there might be no stop put to its flow and exercise, and so concerns the perseverance of it, and its actings; and that it might abound "more and more"; which regards the increase of it, and enlargement of its exercise. The Syriac version reads it, that it "may be multiplied and abound"; intimating, that spiritual love cannot be exceeded in; there is no going to an extreme in the exercise of it; natural love may, but not spiritual; God and Christ can never be loved too much, nor saints, as saints, though they may as men: wherefore let love abound ever so much to these objects, it is capable of abounding more and more, without any danger of excess; and it is to be wished for; for where it is ever so large and abundant in its actings, it is not perfect, nor will it be in this life; so that there is always room for such a petition; besides, the apostle knew how apt love is to grow cold, and saints to sink in their spiritual affections through the prevalence of sin, the cares of the world, and temptations of Satan: he adds,

in knowledge and [in] all judgment; that is, either with knowledge and judgment; and the sense be, that as their love abounded, so their knowledge might be increased, and their judgment in spiritual things be better informed and established. Some Christians are more affectionate, and less knowing; others are more knowing, and less affectionate; it is well when love and knowledge go and keep pace together: or it may be rendered "by knowledge", suggesting, that love is increased thereby, which is true; for the more saints know of God and Christ, the more they love them; and the more they know of one another's grace and experience, the more they love each other: by "knowledge" may be meant the knowledge of God; not that which is general, is by the light of nature, and is very obscure and insufficient to salvation; but that which is special, is of God in Christ, as a God gracious and merciful, as a covenant God and Father in him; and which at best is imperfect, and needs increasing: and also knowledge of Christ; not general, notional, and speculative, as that he is the Son of God, the Messiah, and Saviour of the world in common; but that which is special, spiritual, and saving; and which is a knowledge of approbation, whereby a soul approves of Christ above all others, as a Saviour; a fiducial one, whereby it trusts in him, and commits itself to him; an experimental and practical one, to which is joined a cheerful obedience to his commands and ordinances, and becomes an appropriating one; yet is in this life imperfect, and so needs increasing; and all means should be used in order thereunto: moreover, the knowledge of one another may be included; an increase of which is necessary to promote brotherly love, and make communion with one another delightful and profitable. By all "judgment", or "sense", as in the Greek text, is designed a spiritual apprehension, judgment, and sensation of things. The Syriac version renders it, "all spiritual understanding", and may intend a spiritual perception, and sense of the love of God shed abroad in the heart, an enlarged experience of the grace of God, and particularly faith, which is expressed by all the live senses; as by "seeing" the Son, the glory, fulness, suitableness, and excellency of him, and the unseen glories of another world; by "hearing" the joyful sound, the voice of Christ in the Gospel, so as to understand and distinguish it; by "smelling" a sweet smell in the person, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, which are of a sweet smelling savour to faith, as are also the things of God, and of the Spirit of God; and by "tasting" how good the Lord is, how sweet is his word, and delicious his fruit; and by "feeling", laying hold on Christ, embracing and handling him, the word of life: and now a believer having these his spiritual senses exercised, he is capable of discerning between good and evil, and so of approving things most excellent; which is the end of this petition, as appears from the following words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And 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 most desirable of all favors.

That your love may abound ... - Love to God; love to one another; love to absent Christians; love to the world. This is an appropriate subject of prayer. We cannot wish and pray for a better thing for our Christian friends, than that they may abound in love. Nothing will promote their welfare like this; and we had better pray for this, than that they may obtain abundant riches, and share the honors and pleasures of the world.

In knowledge - The idea is, that he wished them to have intelligent affection. It should not be mere blind affection, but that intelligent love which is based on an enlarged view of divine things - on a just apprehension of the claims of God.

And in all judgment - Margin, “sense;” compare the notes at Hebrews 5:14. The word here means, the power of discerning; and the meaning is, that he wished that their love should be exercised with proper discrimination. It should be in proportion to the relative value of objects; and the meaning of the whole is, that the wished their religion to be intelligent and discriminating; to be based on knowledge, and a proper sense of the relative value of objects, as well as to be the tender affection of the heart.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. This 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, ετι μαλλον και μαλλον περισσευη, 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 Gospel.

And in all judgment — Και πασῃ αισθησει· In all spiritual or moral feeling; that you may at once have the clearest perception and the fullest enjoyment of those things which concern your salvation; that ye may not only know but feel that you are of God, by the Spirit which he has given you; and that your feeling may become more exercised in Divine things, so that it may he increasingly sensible and refined.


 
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