Philippians 1:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:9 : 9 for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.
  • 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,
  • Phlm 1:12 : 12 whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,
  • Phlm 1:20 : 20 Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God `is' witness!)
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,
  • Isa 16:11 : 11 Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where `is' Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,
  • 2 Cor 6:12 : 12 ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your `own' bowels,
  • 2 Cor 7:15 : 15 and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 And the things that I write to you, lo, before God -- I lie not;
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If, then, any exhortation `is' in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
  • Phil 2:26 : 26 seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

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  • Phil 1:7
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    7according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and `in' the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

  • Rom 1:8-12
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    8first, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;

    9for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,

    10always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

    11for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established;

    12and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

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

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

    6that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that `is' in you toward Christ Jesus;

    7for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

    9because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

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

  • Phlm 1:20
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    20Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

  • Col 2:1
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    1For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

  • Phil 1:3-5
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    3I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

    4always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

    5for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

  • Phil 1:17-19
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    17and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

    18what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

    19For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

    4for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

  • Phlm 1:12-13
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    12whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,

    13whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

    26that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

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

    2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3not to condemn you do I say `it', for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

    4great `is' my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

  • Phil 2:26
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    26seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

  • Rom 15:30
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    30And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

  • Col 1:4
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    4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that `is' to all the saints,

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,

    14and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

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

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

  • Phil 1:30
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    30the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;

    16I rejoice, therefore, that in everything I have courage in you.

  • Col 1:8
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    8who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 9:14
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    14and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

  • Col 4:13
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    13for I do testify to him, that he hath much zeal for you, and those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

  • 1 Cor 16:24
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    24my love `is' with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

  • Col 1:24
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    24I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,