Philippians 1:8

American Standard Version (1901)

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
  • 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
  • Phlm 1:12 : 12 whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:
  • Phlm 1:20 : 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.
  • Isa 16:11 : 11 Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
  • 2 Cor 6:12 : 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
  • 2 Cor 7:15 : 15 And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you--
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
  • Phil 2:26 : 26 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

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  • Phil 1:7
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    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf 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 with me of grace.

  • Rom 1:8-12
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    8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

    9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

    10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

    11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

    12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

  • Phlm 1:4-9
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    4I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,

    5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

    6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

    7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

    9yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Phil 1:9
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    9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

  • Phlm 1:20
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    20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

  • Col 2:1
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    1For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

  • Phil 1:3-5
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    3I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

    4always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,

    5for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

  • Phil 1:17-19
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    17but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

    18What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

    19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Eph 1:15
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    15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

    4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

  • Phlm 1:12-13
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    12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

    13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

    26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

  • Rom 9:1-2
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    1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

    2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I say it not to condemn [you] : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

  • Phil 2:26
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    26since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

  • Rom 15:30
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    30Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

  • Col 1:4
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    4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

    14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

    9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

    16I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

  • Col 1:8
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    8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 9:14
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    14while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

  • Col 4:13
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    13For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

  • 1 Cor 16:24
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    24My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;