Philemon 1:4
I always thank my God for you, remembering you in my prayers,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
5because I hear of your trust in the Lord Jesus and your love for all believers.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16why I never stop thanking God for you and remember you in my prayers.
Colossians 1:3We are always thankful to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for you, and pray for you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3We keep on thanking God for you, brothers and sisters—we just have to! This is the right thing to do because your trust in God is growing in leaps and bounds, and the love you all have for each other increases more and more.
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 →