Philemon 1:6
so that the fellowship of thy faith may become potent (in the knowledge of every good thing in us) for Christ Jesus.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5hearing of thy love and faith, which thou have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the sanctified,
Cross References
Matthew 25:16And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents.
2 Corinthians 9:12Because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the sanctified, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God
Philippians 4:8Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if
Titus 3:14And also let our men learn to be in the lead of good works for the essential needs, so that they may not be unfruitful.
James 2:14What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?
1 Peter 1:5men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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 →