Philemon 1:6
I pray that you will put the generous nature of your trust in God into action as you recognize all the good things we share in Christ.
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In Context
5because I hear of your trust in the Lord Jesus and your love for all believers.
Cross References
Matthew 25:16Immediately the one with five talents went and invested them in a business, and made another five talents.
2 Corinthians 9:12When you serve in this way, not only are the needs of God's people met, but also many will give grateful thanks to God.
Philippians 4:8Lastly, whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, beautiful, commendable, whatever is truly good and deserves to be praised, think about these kinds of things.
Titus 3:14May our people learn the habit of doing good in providing for the daily needs of others. They need to be productive!
James 2:14My friends, what's the good of someone saying they trust in God when they don't do what's good and right? Can such “trust” save them?
1 Peter 1:5Through your trust in him, God will protect you by his power until salvation arrives—the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the last day.
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 →