Philemon 1:6
that the fellowship of thy faith[1:6] may become effectual in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us, unto Christ Jesus.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
5hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and unto all the saints;
Cross References
Matthew 25:16And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents.
2 Corinthians 9:12Because the ministration of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but also abounds through many thanksgivings to God;
Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Titus 3:14And let ours also learn to take the lead in good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.
James 2:14What does it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he has faith, and have not works? Can the faith save him?
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are kept through faith, unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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 →