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The Book of Philippians, Chapter 1, Verse 8

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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
King James Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
American Standard Version
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
New English Translation
so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.
World English Bible
For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
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That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
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Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other [places];
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And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
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Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
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The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
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But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
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What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
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For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,