What was Paul’s prayer for the saints in Philippi?
That their love would abound in knowledge and in all discernment and understanding; that they would be able to recognize and approve the things are excellent; that they would be pure and blameless until the Day of Christ; that they would be filled with the fruit of righteous behavior attained through Christ, such righteousness bringing glory and praise to God the Father. The fruit of righteousness is produced in every true Christian. The new, born-again inner man, being filled with the Virtue of Christ, loves God and loves his fellow creatures. He behaves righteously because he is of Christ and dwells in Christ. We Christians do not always show in our conduct the new nature that has been born within us. This is why Paul was praying for the saints and elders in Philippi. A tree does not bear fruit the day it is planted. After we have been a Christian for a period of time, the new creation that is being formed in us begins to govern the way we act, speak, and think. People notice the cha
