King James Version

Philippians 1:8

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “is” (ἐστιν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

μάρτυςmartusrecordμάρτυςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “record”, the subject formG3144a witness; an eye- or ear-witness.recordγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεόςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ὡςhōshowὡςadverb — “how”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.This verse uses “how”.howἐπιποθῶepipothōgreatly I long afterἐπιποθέω (epipotheō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “greatly I long after”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1971I long for, strain after, desire greatly, have affection for.greatly I long afterπάνταςpantasallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inσπλάγχνοιςsplanchnoisbowelsσπλάγχνον (splanchnon)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “bowels”, the to- or for-formG4698the inward parts; the heart, affections, seat of the feelings.This verse uses “bowels”.the bowelsΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ChristἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

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ἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Young’s Literal Translation

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

World English Bible

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Darby Translation

For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

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