Phili 1:9 | RWP | e4.org | May abound ( περισσευη ). Present active subjunctive of περισσευω , may keep on overflowing, a perpetual flood of love, "yet more and more" ( ετ μαλλον κα μαλλον ), but with necessary limitations (river banks), "in knowledge" ( εν επιγνωσε , in full knowledge) "and all discernment" ( παση αισθησε ). The delicate spiritual perception ( αισθησις , old word from αισθανομα , only here in N.T. as the verb only in in N.T.) can be cultivated as in αισθητηριον ( )

‏ Philippians 1:9

May abound ( περισσευη ). Present active subjunctive of περισσευω, may keep on overflowing, a perpetual flood of love, "yet more and more" ( ετ μαλλον κα μαλλον ), but with necessary limitations (river banks), "in knowledge" ( εν επιγνωσε, in full knowledge) "and all discernment" ( παση αισθησε ). The delicate spiritual perception ( αισθησις, old word from αισθανομα, only here in N.T. as the verb only in Lu 9:45 in N.T.) can be cultivated as in αισθητηριον (Heb 5:14)