Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; The affections of the human soul are certainly not devoid of heavenly aspirations; but what if they do not clearly know God? Then, like the vine stretching up its tendril fingers and finding no support, and so falling back again to creep upon the earth from which it sprung, the heart that fails to find God, only loves the world the more desperately and hopelessly. Blessed be God, therefore, for the Cross of Christ, that trellis for the heart's affection. It is this by which the soul learns to know the love of God; and upon it the renewed affections climb higher and higher; beneath it they strike their roots deeper and deeper; upon its arms they reach out farther and farther; ever-more increasing in love by increasing in knowledge. (A. J. Gordon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;WEB: This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; |
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