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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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9. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment; 10. That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-11 — KJV
This I pray. Verses 9-11 contain the substance of Paul’s prayers for the continued spiritual growth of his Philippian friends.
Love. Gr. agape (see on Matthew 5:43, 44; 1 Corinthians 13:1).
May abound yet more. Their love was already of a high quality, yet Paul wished them to attain even loftier heights. He desired that their love both to God and to man might, as a stream rising from its springing fountain, flow out ever further, and more abundantly communicate itself in all channels of Christian service (cf. 1 Thessalonians 3:12).
Knowledge. Gr. epignosis, “full knowledge” (see on Romans 3:20). Paul here refers to experimental knowledge, a personal understanding of the saving truths of Christianity, exhibited in a godly life (see on John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17; 4:13).
Judgment. Gr. aisthesis, “perception,” “discernment,” “experience.” The word properly applies to the senses, and here, with moral overtones, signifies the insight that recognizes a truth as the eye recognizes an object (cf. Hebrews 5:14). Aisthesis here differs from epignosis in dealing, not with general, impersonal principles, but with the choice of right principles.
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