Philemon 1:4
I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 from the Lord Jesus Christ.
5Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints:
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,
Colossians 1:3Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you towards each other, aboundeth:
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 →