Philippians 1:7-11 7  It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, [ a ] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8  For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9  And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10  so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11  filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Footnotes Philippians 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace Psalm 111 Great Are the Lord 's Works 111  [ a ] Praise the Lord ! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,      in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2  Great are the works of the Lord , ...