the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Philippians 1:9
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And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment,
My prayer for y'all is this, y'all keep growing, knowing, and understanding.
And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in all knowledge and in all spiritual sense,
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,
And this I pray, that your loue may abound yet more & more in knowledge, and in all iudgment.
And this I pray, that your love may yet abound more and more in full knowledge and all perception,
And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience,
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;
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.
And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight,
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
And this I praye yt youre love maye increace more and more in knowledge and in all fealinge
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and profound insight,
I pray that your love will keep on growing and that you will fully know and understand
And this is my prayer: that your love may more and more overflow in fullness of knowledge and depth of discernment,
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
And this I pray, that your loue may abound, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement,
And for this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding:
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
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]
And this I pray, that your love may still increase and abound in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding;
And this I pray for, that your love may still increase and abound, in knowledge, and In all spiritual understanding:
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.
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.
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight
And, this, I pray - that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,
And this I pray: That your charity may more and more abound in knowledge and in all understanding:
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng:
This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;
And this I pray, that your love may overflow still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,
And this thing Y preie, that youre charite be plenteuouse more and more in kunnyng, and in al wit;
Contextual Overview
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
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon 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.
