For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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Gill's Exposition
For God is my record,.... Which is all one as swearing by him; it is in form of an oath, being a solemn appeal to him as the searcher of hearts, for the uprightness of his mind, the sincerity of his…
Barnes' Notes
For God is my record - My witness; I can solemnly appeal to him. How greatly I long after you all - To see you; and how much I desire your welfare. In the bowels of Jesus Christ - The word “bowels,”…
Adam Clarke
For God is my record - I call God to witness that I have the strongest affection for you, and that I love you with that same kind of tender concern with which Christ loved the world when he gave…
The apostle expresses the ardent affection he had for them, and his concern for their spiritual welfare: I have you in my heart, Phi 1:7. He loved them as his own soul, and they lay near his heart. He…
Cambridge Bible
God is my record Better, witness; for which word "record"is a synonym in older English, e.g. in Chaucer. For this solemn and tender appeal cp. Rom 1:9; 1Th 2:5; 1Th 2:10; and see 2Co 1:18.
long after…
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