Philippians Chapter 1 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
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BBE Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.
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DARBY Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.
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KJV Philippians 1:8

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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WBT Philippians 1:8


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WEB Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
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YLT Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,
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Philippians 1 : 8 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - For God is my record - rather, witness (comp. Romans 1:9) - how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. The word σπλάγχνα, here rendered "bowels," means the heart, liver, etc.. he not the entrails. The expression is remarkable, and is well illustrated by Bengel's striking words, "Paulus non in Pauli, sed Jesu Christi movetur visceribus." "Not I, but Christ liveth in me." He is so united with Christ that he feels with the heart of Christ, he loves with the love of Christ.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) God is my record.--We have a similar adjuration in Romans 1:9; 2Corinthians 1:23; 1Thessalonians 2:5; 1Thessalonians 2:10. These instances show in what sense St. Paul interpreted such commands as the "swear not at all" of Matthew 5:34.In the bowels of Jesus Christ.--The use of the word, which we translate (not very happily or correctly) by "bowels," is common with St. Paul. (See 2Corinthians 6:12; 2Corinthians 7:15; Colossians 3:12; Philemon 1:7; Philemon 1:12; Philemon 1:20.) It corresponds to our use of "heart" as the seat of affection--the word "heart" itself in the New Testament being employed, in a wider sense, to signify the whole inner man. (See Ephesians 1:18 : "the eyes of your heart being enlightened," and Note there.) But the phrase here is striking and even startling. "I long after you" (says St. Paul) "in the heart of Jesus Christ." He can say (as in Galatians 2:20), "I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." Hence the deep yearning of love which he feels for them he knows to be an emanation, faint indeed, but true, from the "heart of Jesus Christ" dwelling in him. . . .