Philemon 1:4
I give thanks to my God, always keeping remembrance of you in my prayers,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16I have not ceased giving thanks for you, calling you to mind in my prayers,
Colossians 1:3Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying for you always.
2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to give thanks always to God for you, brothers, in a fitting manner, because your faith is increasing greatly, and because the charity of each of you toward one another is abundant,
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 →