Philippians 1:9

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And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

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  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
  • Col 1:9 : 9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • 2 Pet 1:5-6 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
  • 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.
  • Phil 3:15-16 : 15 Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. 16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
  • Matt 13:31-33 : 31 The Parable of the Mustard Seed He gave them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches.” 33 The Parable of the Yeast He told them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

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

    9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

  • Phil 1:10-11
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    10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

    11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7 But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

    8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7 For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

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

  • Eph 3:17-19
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    17 that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

    18 you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

    19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled up to all the fullness of God.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

  • Phlm 1:4-9
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    4 Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

    5 because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

    6 I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

    7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8 Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

    9 I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love– I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus–

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

    26 so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21 Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

    9 For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

  • Phil 1:3-4
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    3 Prayer for the Church I thank my God every time I remember you.

    4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5 For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    15 Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

    16 I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

    17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

  • Rom 1:9-11
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    9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

    10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

    11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • Eph 1:8
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    8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
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    11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

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

  • 2 Cor 9:14
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    14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you.

  • Col 2:2
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    2 My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

  • 2 Pet 1:7-8
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    7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

    8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

  • Col 1:4
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    4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

  • 1 Thess 3:10
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    10 We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.

  • 2 Cor 2:4
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    4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

  • 2 Pet 1:2
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    2 May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

  • 2 Pet 3:18
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    18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

  • 2 Cor 9:8
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    8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

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