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8. Confirmation of
Php 1:7.
record--that is, witness.
in the bowels of Jesus Christ--"Christ Jesus" is the order in
the oldest manuscripts. My yearning love (so the Greek
implies) to you is not merely from natural affection, but from
devotedness to Christ Jesus. "Not Paul, but Jesus Christ lives in Paul;
wherefore Paul is not moved in the bowels (that is, the tender love,
Jer 31:20)
of Paul, but of Jesus Christ" [BENGEL]. All real
spiritual love is but a portion of Christ's love which yearns in all
who are united to Him [ALFORD].
JFB.
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