Philemon 1:20
Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
In Context
21Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my confidence for you, great is my glorying for you. I am filled with comfort: I exceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulation.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my dearly beloved brethren, and most desired, my joy and my crown; so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
1 Thessalonians 3:7Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith,
Philemon 1:12Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.
1 John 3:17He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide 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 →