Philemon 1:5
because I hear of yoʋr love for all the saints and the faith that yoʋ have toward the Lord Jesus.
Text-Critical English NT
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 give thanks to my God, always making mention of yoʋ in my prayers,
Cross References
Romans 12:13Contribute to the needs of the saints, and pursue hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, you must do what I have directed the churches of Galatia to do.
Ephesians 1:15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
Philemon 1:7We are very thankful for the comfort we have received from yoʋr love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through yoʋ, brother.
1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves him who has begotten also loves the one 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 →