Philemon 1:4
I thanke my God, makyng mention alwayes of thee in my prayers,
Bible (Bishops')
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 the Lorde Iesus Christ.
5Hearyng of thy loue and fayth, which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus, and towarde all saintes:
Cross References
Colossians 1:3We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, alwayes for you, praying:
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 →