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Philippians 1:9

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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:12Rank 1 from verse 9
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    12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

  2. Colossians 1:9Rank 2 from verse 9
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    9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

  3. 2 Peter 1:5–6Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

  4. Philemon 1:6Rank 4 from verse 9
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    6That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

  5. Colossians 3:10Rank 5 from verse 9
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    10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

  6. 2 Corinthians 8:7Rank 6 from verse 9
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    7Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10Rank 7 from verse 9
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    9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

    10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

  8. 1 Peter 1:22Rank 8 from verse 9
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  9. 1 Corinthians 14:20Rank 9 from verse 9
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    20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

  10. 2 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 10 from verse 9
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    3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

  11. 2 Peter 3:18Rank 11 from verse 9
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    18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  12. Ephesians 5:17Rank 12 from verse 9
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    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

  13. Hebrews 5:14Rank 13 from verse 9
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    14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

  14. Philippians 3:15–16Rank 14 from verse 9
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    15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

    16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

  15. Proverbs 4:18Rank 15 from verse 9
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    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  16. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 16 from verse 9
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  17. Matthew 13:31–33Rank 17 from verse 9
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    31¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

    32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

    33¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

  18. Job 17:9Rank 18 from verse 9
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    9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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Philippians 1:9

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pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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abound

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To be plentiful, full, or in excess; to increase, overflow, or possess or supply in abundance.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

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1:3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

1:4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

1:5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

1:7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

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

1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

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1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

1:11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

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