Philemon 1:4
I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,
Bible in Basic English
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 the Lord Jesus Christ.
5Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;
Colossians 1:3We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,
2 Thessalonians 1:3It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
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 →