Philemon 1:20

Yes, brother, may I have profit of you in the LORD; refresh my yearnings in the LORD;

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In The King James Version

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

In Context

19I, Paul, wrote with my hand, I will repay; besides, that I may not say that you also owe to me yourself.

21I wrote to you having been confident in your obedience, having known that you will also do above what I may say;

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4great [is] my freedom of speech to you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I hyper-abound with the joy on all our tribulation,

Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I long for you all with [the] yearnings of Jesus Christ,

Philippians 4:1So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and garland, so stand in the LORD, beloved.

1 Thessalonians 3:7because of this we were comforted, brothers, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

Philemon 1:12whom I sent again to you—he who is my own heart,

1 John 3:17and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his yearnings from him—how does the love of God remain in him?

Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25

The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →

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