Philemon 1:5
hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I thank my God at all times, making mention of thee in my prayers,
Cross References
Psalms 16:3The holy that are in the land, and the excellent,—in them is all my delight.
Romans 12:13Relieve the wants of the holy; be given to hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, according to the directions which I gave to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.
Ephesians 1:15For this cause I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For we have great thankfulness and comfort on account of thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.
1 John 5:1Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ hath been born of God; and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth also him that hath been begotten of him.
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 →