Philemon 1:5
Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
Romans 12:13Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.
Ephesians 1:15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
1 John 5:1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.
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 →