Philemon 1:7
Your love, my dear brother, has brought me much happiness and encouragement. You have really inspired those of us who believe!
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8That's why even though I'm brave enough in Christ to order you to do your duty,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:13We are so encouraged by this. Added to our own encouragement, we were so pleased to see how happy Titus was, because you set his mind at rest.
1 Thessalonians 2:13Another thing: we're always thanking God that when you heard and accepted the word of God, you didn't treat it as some human words, but what it truly is, the word of God. This is what is at work in those of you who trust in him.
1 Thessalonians 3:9As we go into the presence of our God, how can we ever thank God enough for you because of all the joy you bring to us?
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, I'm expecting this favor from you in the Lord; please make me happy in Christ.
3 John 1:3I was delighted when some fellow-believers arrived and told me about your commitment to the truth, and how you continue living in the truth.
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 →