Philemon 1:4
I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention [of you] at my prayers,
Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;
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 →