Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,
New American Standard Bible
And this I pray, that
King James Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Holman Bible
And I pray this: that your love
International Standard Version
And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more with full knowledge and insight,
A Conservative Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment
American Standard Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Amplified
And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight,
An Understandable Version
And I pray that your love may grow stronger and stronger, [along] with how much you know, and [that you may grow] in your ability to comprehend things.
Anderson New Testament
I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,
Bible in Basic English
And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
Common New Testament
And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
Daniel Mace New Testament
and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence;
Darby Translation
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
Godbey New Testament
And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;
John Wesley New Testament
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in all knowledge and in all spiritual sense,
Julia Smith Translation
And this I prey, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all intelligence;
King James 2000
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Modern King James verseion
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and in all perception;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And this I pray, that your love may increase more and more in knowledge, and in all feeling,
Moffatt New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more rich in knowledge and all manner of insight, enabling you to have a sense of what is vital,
Montgomery New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may abound yet more and more in intelligence and insight
NET Bible
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
New Heart English Bible
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Noyes New Testament
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;
Sawyer New Testament
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,
The Emphasized Bible
And, this, I pray - that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding;
Twentieth Century New Testament
And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
Webster
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Weymouth New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
Williams New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may overflow still more and more, directed by fuller knowledge and keener insight,
World English Bible
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Worrell New Testament
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all discernment;
Worsley New Testament
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;
Youngs Literal Translation
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
Themes
Brotherly love » General references to
Love » Brotherly » General references to
Topics
Interlinear
Touto
Perisseuo
Mallon
μᾶλλον
Mallon
Usage: 66
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Philippians 1:9
Prayers for Philippians 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Spiritual Maturity
8 For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight, 10 so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ,
Phrases
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love for one another and for all men wide and full like my love for you,
Colossians 1:9
That is why, from the day I first heard of it, I have never given up praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full spiritual wisdom and insight, with a clear knowledge of what his will is,
Colossians 3:10
and have put on that new self newly made in the likeness of its Creator, to know him fully.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
1 Peter 1:22
Now that by obeying the truth you have purified your souls for sincere love of the brotherhood, you must love one another intensely and heartily,
2 Peter 1:5-6
For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,
2 Corinthians 8:7
Just as you excel in everything else??aith, expression, knowledge, perfect devotion, and the love we have awakened in you??ou must excel in this generous undertaking too.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
You do not need to have anyone write to you about brotherly love, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.
Ephesians 5:17
So do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
Philippians 3:15-16
Let as many of us therefore as are mature have this attitude. If you have any different attitude, God will make this clear to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Now, brothers, we ask and entreat you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, to live as you learned from us that you must live, to please God??s indeed you are doing, only do it more and more.
Hebrews 5:14
But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.
2 Peter 3:18
You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.
Matthew 13:31-33
Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.