Philemon 1:20
Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from yoʋ in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
In Context
21Trusting in yoʋr obedience, I write to yoʋ, knowing that yoʋ will do even more than I ask.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my boldness toward you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness that I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved friends.
1 Thessalonians 3:7Therefore, brothers, in all our affliction and distress, we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
Philemon 1:12and I ask yoʋ to receive him, that is, my very own heart.
1 John 3:17If anyone has earthly possessions and sees his brother in need but closes his heart against him, how does 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 →