Philemon 1:21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote this very thing to you, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 8:22And we sent with them our brother, whom we have often in many things proved to be diligent, but now much more diligent, through the great confidence which he has toward you.
2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do, and will do, the things which we command you.
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 →