Philippians 1:8

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

⁸God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

FBV

⁸God is my witness as to my great affection for every one of you in the caring love of Christ Jesus.

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Extra References

Romans 1:9

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

Philippians 4:1

¹Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

2 Timothy 1:4

⁴longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

1 Thessalonians 2:8

⁸Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

Colossians 2:1

¹For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Romans 9:1

¹I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.

Philemon 1:12

¹²I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

Isaiah 16:11

¹¹Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

2 Corinthians 6:12

¹²You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.