Philemon 1:4
I thank my God, making recollection of thee always in my prayers,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.
5hearing of thy love and faith, which thou have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the sanctified,
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16I cease not expressing thanks for you, making remembrance of you in my prayers.
Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying about you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are indebted to thank God always about you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith is increasing greatly, and the love of each one of you all toward each other abounds.
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:2-8
Completed by Jeremiah Smith . This epistle to Philemon is placed the last of those with the name of Paul to them, perhaps because the shortest, and of an argument peculiar and different from all the others; yet such as the Spirit of God, who indited it, saw would, in its kind, be very instructive and useful in the churches. The occasion of it was this:—Philemon, one of note and probably a minister in the church of Colosse, a city of Phrygia, had a servant named Onesimus, who, having purloined his goods, ran away… Read the whole commentary →