Philippians 1:9 “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in know…”

Philippians 1:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And this I pray, that your loue may abound, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

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Cross references

“your”

1 Thessalonians 3:12 Philemon 1:6 2 Corinthians 8:7 1 Peter 1:22 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Proverbs 4:18

1 Thessalonians 3:12 · BSB

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

Philemon 1:6 · BSB

I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.

2 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB

But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

1 Peter 1:22 · BSB

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 · BSB

We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

Proverbs 4:18 · BSB

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

“in knowledge”

Colossians 1:9 Colossians 3:10 1 Corinthians 14:20 2 Peter 3:18 Ephesians 5:17 2 Peter 1:5

Colossians 1:9 · BSB

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 3:10 · BSB

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

1 Corinthians 14:20 · BSB

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

2 Peter 3:18 · BSB

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Ephesians 5:17 · BSB

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

2 Peter 1:5 · BSB

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

“judgment”

Hebrews 5:14

Hebrews 5:14 · BSB

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

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