Philemon 1:5
(for I am hearing of your charity and faith, which you have in the Lord Jesus and with all the saints)
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 thanks to my God, always keeping remembrance of you in my prayers,
Cross References
Psalms 16:3You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
Romans 12:13in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collections which are made for the saints: just as I have arranged for the churches of Galatia, so should it also be done with you.
Ephesians 1:15Because of this, and hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love toward all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For I have found great joy and consolation in your charity, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God.
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 →