Philemon 1:20
Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
Majority Standard Bible
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, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
Philippians 1:8God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
1 Thessalonians 3:7For this reason, brothers, in all our persecution and distress, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.
Philemon 1:12I am sending back for you to receive him who is my very heart.
1 John 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide 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 →