Philippians 1:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For God is my witness how I long for and pursue you all with love, in the tender mercy of Christ Jesus [Himself]!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ God is my witness that I feel affection for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.

Philippians 1:8 Cross References

Philippians 4:1

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Romans 1:9

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

2 Timothy 1:4

longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

1 Thessalonians 2:8

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

Romans 9:1

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Ghost,

Philemon 1:12

whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

Colossians 2:1

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Galatians 4:19

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,

Galatians 1:20

Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

2 Corinthians 7:15

And his inward affection is more abundantly toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

2 Corinthians 6:12

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy bowels and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

Isaiah 16:11

Wherefore my bowels sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

1 John 3:17

But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

Philemon 1:20

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

Philippians 2:26

since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

Philippians 2:1

If there is therefore any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

Job 16:19

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that coucheth for me is on high.

Galatians 3:26

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.