Philemon 1:8

Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to command you what is fitting,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For we have much thanksgiving and encouragement over your love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. 1 Paul's Plea for Onesimus

9rather on account of love I appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the elder, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, Paul, myself appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who face to face am lowly among you, but when I am away am bold toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:21To our shame, I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold (I speak foolishly) I am bold also. 1 Suffering for Christ

1 Thessalonians 2:2But suffering before and being spitefully treated at Philippi, just as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much conflict.

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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