Philemon 1:5
hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,
Darby Translation
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 thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,
Cross References
Psalms 16:3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.
Romans 12:13distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so do *ye* do also.
Ephesians 1:15Wherefore *I* also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which [is] in you, and the love which [ye have] towards all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
1 John 5:1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
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 →