Philemon 1:20

So it is, brother. May I delight with you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.

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In The King James Version

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

In Context

19I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me.

21I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my confidence in you. Great is my glorying over you. I have been filled with consolation. I have a superabundant joy throughout all our tribulation.

Philippians 1:8For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.

Philippians 4:1And so, my most beloved and most desired brothers, my joy and my crown: stand firm in this way, in the Lord, most beloved.

1 Thessalonians 3:7As a result, we were consoled in you, brothers, in the midst of all our difficulties and tribulations, through your faith.

Philemon 1:12So I have sent him back to you. And may you receive him like my own heart.

1 John 3:17Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?

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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