Philippians 1:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷ It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart,^[a] for all of you are my partners in God’s grace,^[b] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.^{(A) 8} For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the tender affection of Christ Jesus.^{(B) 9} And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight^(C)