“For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.”
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus — Paul invokes divine witness (a solemn oath formula) to authenticate the intensity of his longing (pothos, a passionate yearning). 'The affection of Christ Jesus' (ton splanchnon Christou Iēsou) attributes to Christ the deep visceral compassion of the incarnate Lord—not detached but warmly human. This love is not Paul's invention but flows from Christ himself, making it transcendent. The emotional and theological are inseparable here.
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