Philemon 1:8

Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

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Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

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

9Yet for loues sake, I rather beseche thee, beyng such a one as Paul the aged, & nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe.

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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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