Philippians 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.
  • 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
  • Phlm 1:12 : 12 Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
  • Phlm 1:20 : 20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;
  • Col 3:12 : 12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.
  • Isa 16:11 : 11 For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
  • 2 Cor 6:12 : 12 It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.
  • 2 Cor 7:15 : 15 And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
  • Phil 2:26 : 26 Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

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  • Phil 1:7
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    7So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

  • Rom 1:8-12
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    8First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.

    9For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

    10And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

    11For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

    12That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

  • Phlm 1:4-9
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    4I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,

    5Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

    6That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

    7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

    9Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

  • Phil 1:9
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    9And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

  • Phlm 1:20
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    20So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

  • Col 2:1
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    1For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

  • Phil 1:3-5
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    3I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

    4And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

    5Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

  • Phil 1:17-19
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    17But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

    18What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

    19For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Eph 1:15
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    15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

    4For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

  • Phlm 1:12-13
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    12Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:

    13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

    26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

  • Rom 9:1-2
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    1I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

    2That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

    4My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • Phil 2:26
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    26Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

  • Rom 15:30
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    30Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

  • Col 1:4
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    4After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

    9And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

    16It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

  • Col 1:8
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    8And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 9:14
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    14While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

  • Col 4:13
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    13For I give witness of him that he has undergone much trouble for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

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

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;