Philemon 1:6
so that the participation of your faith may become evident by the recognition of every good work which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 25:16Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five.
2 Corinthians 9:12For the ministration of this office not only supplies whatever the saints need, but also abounds through many thanksgivings in the Lord.
Philippians 4:8Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.
Titus 3:14But let our men also learn to excel in good works pertaining to the necessities of life, so that they may not be unfruitful.
James 2:14My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him?
1 Peter 1:5By the power of God, you are guarded through faith for a salvation which is ready to be revealed in the end time.
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 →