Philemon 1:21

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

In Context

20Yes, brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: refresh my heart in the Lord.

22At the same time, also, prepare me a lodging: for I hope that through the prayers of you all, I may be given to you.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote to you this very thing, that, on coming to you, I might not have sorrow from those from whom I ought to receive joy; because I have confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but now much more diligent on account of the strong confidence which he has in you.

2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you both do, and will continue to do, the things which we command you.

Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25

The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →

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