Philemon 1:20
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
In Context
21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my confidence toward you, great is my glorying on account of you; I am filled with the consolation, I am made to abound with the joy, in all our affliction.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all, with the tender affection of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
1 Thessalonians 3:7for this cause we were consoled, brethren, over you in all our affliction and distress, through your faith;
Philemon 1:12whom I sent back to thee. But do thou receive him, that is, my own flesh;
1 John 3:17But whoever has the world's sustenance, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his pity 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 →