Philemon 1:6
that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.
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Matthew 25:16Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.
2 Corinthians 9:12For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;
Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Titus 3:14And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
James 2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded 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 →