Philemon 1:4
I always offer a bracha to my G-d when I mention you in my tefillos (prayers),
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16Do not cease giving hodayah (thanksgiving) for you, while speaking of you in my tefillos;
Colossians 1:3Hodinu l' Hashem (we give thanks to Hashem) Elohim HaAv of Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, davening always concerning you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3With continuous hodayah (thanksgiving) we ought to make brachot to Hashem concerning you, Achim b'Moshiach, as is fitting, because your emunah is increasing abundantly and the ahavah (agape) every one of you has for the other is growing.
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 →