Philippians 1:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • 2 Pet 1:5-6 : 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
  • 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another; 10 for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • Phil 3:15-16 : 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you: 16 only, whereunto we have attained, by that same [rule] let us walk.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Matt 13:31-33 : 31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof. 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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  • Col 1:8-10
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    8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

    9For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Phil 1:10-11
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    10so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

    11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [

    8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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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.

    8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • Eph 3:17-19
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    17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

    18may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

    19and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

  • 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 1:3-4
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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,

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

  • Eph 1:15-17
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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,

    16cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;

    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • Rom 1:9-11
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    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;

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;

  • Eph 1:8
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    8which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • Phil 1:19
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    19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
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    11To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;

    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 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 2:2
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    2that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

  • 2 Pet 1:7-8
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    7and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.

    8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

  • 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,

  • 1 Thess 3:10
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    10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

  • 2 Cor 2:4
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    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.

  • 2 Pet 1:2
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    2Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

  • 2 Pet 3:18
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    18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  • 2 Cor 9:8
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    8And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: