Philemon 1:6

That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good [worke] which is in you, towarde Christe Iesus.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

In Context

5Hearyng of thy loue and fayth, which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus, and towarde all saintes:

7For we haue great ioy & consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee, brother.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:16Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, and occupyed with the same, & made [them] other fyue talentes.

Titus 3:14And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses, that they be not vnfruitefull.

1 Peter 1:5Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.

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 →

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