Philippians 1:8 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

bowels the inner feelings; tender mercy, compassion Still heard today: a gut feeling, we still place deep feeling in our insides Webster’s 1828 · Bowels

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

He expresses affection, and prays for themShall not we pity and love those souls whom Christ loves and pities? Those who abound in any grace, need to abound more. Try things which differ; that we may...

Thompson Chains

Brotherly Love (3)Link 5 of 6 · next Philippians 4:1

Cross References

Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Philippians 4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2 Timothy 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Isaiah 16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
2 Corinthians 6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
2 Corinthians 7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
2 Corinthians 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
Galatians 1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Philippians 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Colossians 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
1 Thessalonians 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Philemon 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Philemon 1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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Topics

Bowels Of the sensibilities
Jesus, the Christ Jesus Christ
Love Exemplification of the love of man for man

Timeline

Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Philippians

Bible Dictionary

God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Jesus(1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45; Heb 4:8; R.V., “Joshua”).
ChristAnointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and...

Greek and Strong’s

For γάρ gar γάρ Conjunction
God ὁ ho Article · nominative masculine singular Θεός Theos θεός Noun · nominative masculine singular
is ἐστιν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
my μου mou Pronoun · first person, genitive singular μοῦ moû
record Μάρτυς Martys μάρτυς Noun · nominative masculine singular
how ὡς hōs ὡς Adverb
greatly I long after ἐπιποθῶ epipothō ἐπιποθέω Verb · present active indicative, first person singular
you ὑμᾶς hymas Pronoun · second person, accusative plural ὑμᾶς hymâs
all πάντας pantas πᾶς Adjective · accusative masculine plural
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
the bowels σπλάγχνοις splanchnois σπλάγχνον Noun · dative neuter plural
of Jesus Ἰησοῦ Iēsou Ἰησοῦς Noun · genitive masculine singular
Christ Χριστοῦ Christou Χριστός Noun · genitive masculine singular

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