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Phl 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

it is		1Cr 13:7; 1Th 1:2-5; 1Th 5:5; Hbr 6:9,10
because		2Cr 3:2; 2Cr 7:3
I have you in my heart		or, ye have me in your heart. Gal 5:6; 1Jo 3:14
as		Act 16:23-25; Act 20:23; Eph 3:1; Eph 4:1; Eph 6:20; Col 4:3,18; 2Ti 1:8; 2Ti 2:9; Hbr 10:33,34
and in		Phl 1:17; Phl 4:14
partakers of my		or, partakers with me of. Phl 1:5; 1Cr 9:23; Hbr 3:1; 1Pe 4:13; 1Pe 5:1

Correlating Passages

it is

	1Cr 13:7	Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
	1Th 1:2	We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
	1Th 1:3	Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
	1Th 1:4	Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
	1Th 1:5	For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
	1Th 5:5	Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
	Hbr 6:9	But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
	Hbr 6:10	For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

because

	2Cr 3:2	Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
	2Cr 7:3	I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].

I have you in my heart

	Gal 5:6	For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
	1Jo 3:14	We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.

	Act 16:23	And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
	Act 16:24	Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
	Act 16:25	And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
	Act 20:23	Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
	Eph 3:1	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
	Eph 4:1	I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
	Eph 6:20	For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
	Col 4:3	Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
	Col 4:18	The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you. Amen. [[[Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.]]]
	2Ti 1:8	Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
	2Ti 2:9	Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
	Hbr 10:33	Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
	Hbr 10:34	For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

and in

	Phl 1:17	But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
	Phl 4:14	Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

partakers of my

	Phl 1:5	For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
	1Cr 9:23	And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].
	Hbr 3:1	Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
	1Pe 4:13	But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
	1Pe 5:1	The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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Scott, Thomas. "Philippians 1:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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