Philemon 1:21
Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
20So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
22And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:3And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.
2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.
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 →