Philemon 1:4
I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
5because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
Colossians 1:3We always thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
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 →