Philemon 1:20

Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.

21Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4Great [is] my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.

Philippians 1:8For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:1So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in [the] Lord, beloved.

1 Thessalonians 3:7for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,

Philemon 1:12whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:

1 John 3:17But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God 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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