[a]For (A)it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I (B)have you in my heart, since both in my [b](C)imprisonment and in the (D)defense and confirmation of the (E)gospel, you all are [c]partakers of grace with me. For (F)God is my witness, how I long for you all with the [d]affection of (G)Christ Jesus. And this I pray, that (H)your love may overflow still more and more in (I)real knowledge and all discernment,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 1:7 Lit Just as it is right
  2. Philippians 1:7 Lit bonds
  3. Philippians 1:7 Or partners in
  4. Philippians 1:8 Lit inward parts

It is right(A) for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart(B) and, whether I am in chains(C) or defending(D) and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify(E) how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

And this is my prayer: that your love(F) may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,(G)

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Even as it is meet for me to think this 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 of my grace.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

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