Parallel Verses
Anderson New Testament
I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,
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.
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;
Goodspeed New Testament
And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,
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 ardently I love you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding, 10 in order that you may distinguish things that differ, to the end that you may be pure and blameless till the day of Christ,
Phrases
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, even as we toward you,
Colossians 1:9
For this reason, we also, from the day in which we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to request that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new man, which is renewed for knowledge, ac cording to the image of him that created him;
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is right, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds:
1 Peter 1:22
Having purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, to unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another with a pure heart fervently,
2 Peter 1:5-6
so, even for this very purpose, uniting to these things all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
2 Corinthians 8:7
Now as you excel in every thing, in faith, and in speech, and in knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you excel in this gift also.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet, in malice, be childlike; but, in understanding, be full-grown men.
Ephesians 5:17
Wherefore, be not ignorant, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Philippians 3:15-16
Let us, therefore, as many as are fully enlightened, be of this mind: and if you are of another mind with respect to any thing, God will reveal even this to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.
Hebrews 5:14
But strong food belongs to those who are of mature age, who, by use, have their internal senses exercised to the discerning of both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Matthew 13:31-33
Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like- a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field.