Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Holman Bible

For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

International Standard Version

For God is my witness how much I long for all of you with the compassion that the Messiah Jesus provides.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus [whose great love fills me].

An Understandable Version

For God is my witness that I long to see you with the [same] affection that Christ Jesus has [for you].

Anderson New Testament

For God is my witness how ardently I love you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

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

Goodspeed New Testament

For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

For God is my witness how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For God beareth me record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart-root in Jesus Christ.

Moffatt New Testament

(God is my witness that I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself!)

Montgomery New Testament

God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

Sawyer New Testament

For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.

Williams New Testament

For God is my witness how I never stop yearning for all of you with the affection Christ Jesus inspires.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

For God is my witness, how much I long for you all, as with the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

μάρτυς 
Martus 
Usage: 28

ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

I long
ἐπιποθέω 
Epipotheo 
Usage: 9

ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the bowels
σπλάγχνον 
Splagchnon 
Usage: 11

of Jesus
Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

Devotionals

Devotionals about Philippians 1:8

Images Philippians 1:8

Prayers for Philippians 1:8

Context Readings

Thanksgiving

7 For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. 8 For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,


Cross References

Romans 1:9

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

Romans 9:1

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

2 Timothy 1:4

longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.

Isaiah 16:11

Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab
And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;
Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

Jeremiah 31:20

“Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

2 Corinthians 6:12

You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.

2 Corinthians 7:15

His affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.

Galatians 1:20

(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

Galatians 4:19

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—

Philippians 2:1

Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Philippians 2:26

because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

Colossians 2:1

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

Colossians 3:12

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

1 Thessalonians 2:8

Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.

1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

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