Philemon 1:21
Having confidence in thy obedience I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote about this very matter, that I might not on my coming have sorrow from those who ought to gladden me, having confidence in all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often in many things proved to be zealous, but now much more zealous through the great confidence which he hath in you.
2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
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 →