Philemon 1:5
because I hear of your trust in the Lord Jesus and your love for all believers.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I always thank my God for you, remembering you in my prayers,
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the holy people in the land, they are the ones who are truly great. I appreciate them.
Romans 12:13Share in providing for the needs of God's people, and welcome strangers with hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now about “collecting money for fellow-believers.” I'm giving you the same instructions for you to follow as I did to the churches in Galatia.
Ephesians 1:15That's the reason, because I've heard of your trust in the Lord Jesus and the love that you have for all Christians,
Philemon 1:7Your love, my dear brother, has brought me much happiness and encouragement. You have really inspired those of us who believe!
1 John 5:1Whoever trusts that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the father also loves his child.
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 →