Philemon 1:8
Therefore, though I have much boldness in Christ to command thee that which is befitting,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
In Context
9because of love I rather beseech, being such as aged Paul, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 10:1Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who indeed am lowly in presence among you, but am bold toward you when absent.
2 Corinthians 11:21I speak as from shame, that we were so weak. Yet in whatever any man may be bold in foolishness, I say I too am bold.
1 Thessalonians 2:2But having suffered before and been mistreated in Philippi, as ye know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the good-news of God within much conflict.
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 →