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

God.

Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make a commemoration of you:

Romans 9:1 I speak the truth in Christ: I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:

Galatians 1:20 Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.

1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither have we used at any time the speech of flattery, as you know: nor taken an occasion of covetousness (God is witness):

how.

Philippians 2:26 For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.

Philippians 4:1 Therefore my dearly beloved brethren and most desired, my joy and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

2 Corinthians 13:9 For we rejoice that we are weak and you are strong. This also we pray for, your perfection.

Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.

Colossians 2:1 For I would have you know what manner of care I have for you and for them that are at Laodicea and whosoever have not seen my face in the flesh:

1 Thessalonians 2:8 So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.

2 Timothy 1:4 Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:

in.

Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:

Isaiah 16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.

Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Jeremiah 31:20 Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me, surely he is a tender child: for since I spoke of him, I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled for him: pitying I will pity him, saith the Lord.

Luke 1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

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2 Corinthians 6:12 You are not straitened in us: but in your own bowels you are straitened.

2 Corinthians 7:15 And his bowels are more abundantly towards you: remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

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Colossians 3:12 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:

Philemon 1:12 Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

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1 John 3:17 He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?

Context
Thanksgiving and Prayer
7As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that, in my bands and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy. 8For God is my witness how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 9And this I pray: That your charity may more and more abound in knowledge and in all understanding:…
Cross References
Job 16:19
For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.

Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make a commemoration of you:

Galatians 3:26
For you are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:1
Therefore my dearly beloved brethren and most desired, my joy and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

Lexicon
God [is]
Θεός (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

witness
μάρτυς (martys)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3144: A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'.

how
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

I long for
ἐπιποθῶ (epipothō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1971: From epi and potheo; to dote upon, i.e. Intensely crave possession.

all
πάντας (pantas)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

of you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] affection
σπλάγχνοις (splanchnois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4698: Probably strengthened from splen; an intestine; figuratively, pity or sympathy.

of Christ
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

Jesus.
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.


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

For God is my witness how I long after you all in the affection of Christ Jesus.

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

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

For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.

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

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

For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.

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

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,
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