Bowels — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

A portion of the intestines. The word was also used metaphorically in the KJB to connote the place where pity, mercy, and tenderness are felt (see Phil 1:8; 2:1-2).

Show passage in OET: PHP 1:8

OET-RV PHP 1:8

8 God is my witness that I long for you with all the compassions of Messiah Yeshua.

OET-LV PHP 1:8

8 For/Because witness of _me the god is, how I _am _longing _for all you _all in the_compassions of_chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).

Show passage in OET: PHP 2:1–2

OET-RV PHP 2:1

2 So if you all feel that Messiah is encouraging you on and if his love brings comfort and the spirit brings fellowship, if anyone feels compassion,

OET-RV PHP 2:2

2 then complete my happiness by being in agreement in your thinking and being united in the same love.

OET-LV PHP 2:1

2 If therefore any exhortation in chosen _one /messiah, if any consolation of _love, if any fellowship of_the_spirit, if anyone has compassions and compassions,

OET-LV PHP 2:2

2 fulfill of _me the joy, in _order _that the same thing you _all _may _be _thinking, the same love having, united _in _soul, the one thing thinking.

Jump to OET PHP 1:8 section.

Jump to OET PHP 2:1–2 section.